1. Re: && in string
- Posted by Antonio Alessi <a.admin at myway.it> Oct 08, 2006
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Derek Parnell wrote: > > Allen Ashby wrote: > > > > > > how can i put & in a label. > > everytime i try it comes out _ > > tnanks > > allen > > Ok, I'm assuming you mean ... > > When creating a Windows control that has a caption, how can I get '&' to show > up in the caption? Whenever I try, it just underlines the next character > instead > of displaying the '&'. > > Use '&&' (two ampersands) instead. Windows will replace the two with a one. > > Normally, the '&' is used to tell the application which letter is the 'hot > key' for the control so to override this Windows needs to see two adjancent > ampersands. > > > -- > Derek Parnell > Melbourne, Australia > Skype name: derek.j.parnell Inside a Hint you may have to repeat it three times to make the ampersand be visible; with two: '&&' you will just underline a single character. try (demo\FindFile.EXW):
constant FindFileButton = create( DefPushButton, {"&Find", "Find Files &&&Stop"}, TheWindow, 10, 10, 90, 30, 0 )
antonio