Edit controls let a user view and edit text.
Questions tagged [editcontrol]
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Get maximum editor length that has been set by EM_LIMITTEXT
Text limit of an edit control could be set by sending EM_LIMITTEXT Windows message.
Is there some way to request this parameter from an edit control?
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Subclass edit control without ruining copy/paste
I want to create an edit control where users can only type in floating point numbers, but I want to also be able to copy/paste/cut text in this edit. So I subclassed an edit control with the following window procedure:
LRESULT CALLBACK…
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MFC SetWindowTextA Error. How can I solve this problem
I wanna get a string and put it in EditControl. The Debug Assertion Failed error occurs from the initializing part(SetWindowTextA), but the cause is unknown. m_ChatWindow declared CEdit.
Here is the part of the…
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Why do GetClassName and RealGetWindowClass return the same value?
The goal
I developed a keyboard in Unity3D (C#) and want it to pop up when the users click on "EDIT" type control such as a address bar or an input field. Therefore, I need to detect when an "EDIT" control is clicked.
What I've tried
Currently I use…
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Win32 C++ resize controls
Using Win32 not MFC, how would I create a resizable or split controls?
As an example, a window with two edit controls side by side with the ability to resize them with a common divider. In the same way this dialog box can resized.
Not necessarily…
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Paint problem when handling WM_CTLCOLOREDIT
I have an non read only edit control for which I need to change colors so I handle WM_CTLCOLOREDIT. It works well when I am typing continuously but the problem is when I hit backspace or delete or even start typing from the middle of an existing…
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TreeView - Forbid empty node rename
I have a TreeView (using Crownwood.DotNetMagic, it should be similar to WinForms) and when the user edits a node, he should not be allowed to leave the edit mode when the text is empty.
I've tried doing this in my AfterLabelEdit but it doesn't…
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WM_SETTEXT writes Chinese letters
I want to set the text of my Edit Control. When I do, the new content is Chinese.
For example, this:
[DllImport("user32.dll")]
public static extern int SendMessageW([InAttribute] System.IntPtr hWnd, int Msg, int wParam, string…
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C++ How to replace new lines when pasting a text to the Edit control?
I've got a simple chat program. I use "CreateWindow" function for the typing box:
chat_handle_11 = CreateWindow("EDIT", "", WS_BORDER | WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_AUTOHSCROLL | WS_EX_CONTROLPARENT, 226, 447, 424, 23, hWnd, NULL, NULL,…
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PreTranslateMessage method is not getting called inorder to implement Ctrl+A in C++
I am trying to implement ctrl+A in note edit control :m_editNoteTypeView" which is instance of cEdit inside class NoteDialog.
My note edit is created like below.
NoteDialog::initDialog()
{
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Bijay Kumar
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MFC Edit control - WM_DROPFILES message register for drag and drop
According to this article, to allow Drop Only on the Target, we have to
Use SubclassDlgItem() to re-route that one message to the dialog object so that all of the handling can be done there.
Mr. DanRollins (the author of the article) also…
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How to change the color of a scrollbar in a CEdit Control?
I'm using a CEdit Control with the WTL framework and I've been searching around and I'm having trouble finding how to change the color of the scrollbar. Is there an easy way to do this or do you need to subclass the control?
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MPI command on mfc application
I'm executing an executable file through cmd while parallel processing. The command I use is
mpiexec -n 2 Solution.exe
I want to run this file in a MFC project. I have a dialogue box like the picture below, when I press the OK button on this…
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How to change the text style of MFC CEdit control?
I am making dialog based programs with MFC.
How do I change the text of the edit control to bold or change the size?
Where and what kind of code should I write?
Please tell me specifically.
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WINAPI save dialog opens twice when clicking on EDIT control
I have an Win32 EDIT control with an assigned ID (IDC_FILE_NAME_INPUT) and I want the Save Dialog to open up when this control is clicked.
I handle this in the WM_COMMAND message of the window processor:
case WM_COMMAND:
{
switch…
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