1. Re: Don Phillips Syntax xControl
- Posted by Greg Haberek <g.haberek at comcast.net> Oct 06, 2003
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Never mind! After poking around I realized that the Syntax control is a RichEdit, not an MleEdit, so i have to use getStream() and putStream() for the text! ~Greg ----- Original Message ----- From: "Greg Haberek" <g.haberek at comcast.net> To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com> Subject: ATTN: Don Phillips Syntax xControl > > > to Don Phillips or any one who can help: > > I know the Syntax control in xControls is a bit out dated, but it's > pretty easy to work with, and it does what i need it to do. Of course, > setText() works fine to set the text, but getText() returns nothing {}, why? > > ~Greg > > Here is a demo program to test, the text should be copied from Text1 to > Text2, but it isn't. > > -- begin demo -- > include Win32Lib.ew > include xControls.ew > > constant > Main = create( Window, "Syntax Text Test", 0, Center, Center, 430, 240, > 0 ), > Text1 = xControl( Syntax, "", Main, 5, 5, 200, 200, 0, 0 ), > Text2 = xControl( Syntax, "", Main, 215, 5, 200, 200, 0, 0 ) > > setText( Text1, "-- this is a comment\r\nHello there!" ) > setText( Text2, getText(Text1) ) > > WinMain( Main, Normal ) > -- end demo -- > > --^---------------------------------------------------------------- > This email was sent to: g.haberek at comcast.net > > > TOPICA - Start your own email discussion group. FREE! > >