Write formatted text(printf style) to a MFC CEdit control, which would display the formatted text in a EditControl?

Question

I need to display text along with values of variables in a CEdit controlled Edit Control Box. How do I do it ? Currently I'm using SetWindowText(), but that only takes a string...how do I get a formatted string to display in the edit control?

Example: printf("The answer is %d\n",ans) -> how do i print the same message in a Edit Control?

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 22 '10 at 12:46

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Use CString's Format member.

CString text;
text.Format(_T("The answer is %d\n"), ans);
edit.SetWindowText(text);

answered Mar 22 '10 at 12:46

Nikola Smiljanić

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and/or you could derive you own class from CEdit and add a method to do that in one call. M. – Max Mar 22 '10 at 13:05

Write formatted text(printf style) to a MFC CEdit control, which would display the formatted text in a EditControl?

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