Path: utzoo!dciem!juana
From: juana@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca (Juana Chang)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Think C programming
Message-ID: <2967@dciem.dciem.dnd.ca>
Date: 8 Mar 90 16:35:03 GMT
Organization: DCIEM, Toronto, Canada
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Hi. I am new to this news group and I am attempting to learn how to program
in the Macintosh environment with Think C 4.0 which by the way I am also
learning.

And I need HELP !

I am trying to produce a DIALOG BOX with editable items.  And I want to:

1.  Get the text in the dialog item.
2.  Convert the text to an integer.
3.  Edit check this integer.

Therefore, I use:

GetDItem( theDialog, ITEM, &i_itemType, &hdl_item, &rect_item );
/* in order to get the item handle */

GetIText( &hdl_item, str_item );
/* in order to get the text */

This is where I get stuck... 

I print the contents of str_item and get GARBAGE! (pretty little symbols).
I printed the contents out of curiosity and to make sure I was getting the
actual contents that the user places in the editable text box.
I used the DrawString function to print the text onto the screen.

Why am I getting GARBAGE??

Thanks in advance. :-)