OpenEuphoria

Re: Edit Control

• Posted by bobspringett <bobspringett at WANADOO.FR> Sep 08, 2000
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Thanks Brian and Wolf.
Regards
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: Brian Broker <bkb at CNW.COM>
To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Thursday, September 07, 2000 11:37 PM
Subject: Re: Edit Control


> On Wed, 6 Sep 2000 18:10:41 +0200, bobspringett wrote:
>
> >Could someone please advise me how to limit the number of characters
> entered in a one line EDIT CONTROL.
> >Regards
> >Bob
>
> Use SendMessage( ControlID, EM_LIMITTEXT, limit_number, NULL )
>
> where 'limit_number' is your limit.
>
> Example:
>
> include win32lib.ew
>
> constant
>   Win = create( Window, "limit", 0, Default, Default, 200, 100, 0 ),
>   Box = create( EditText, "", Win, 10, 10, 180, 20, 0 )
>
> procedure onOpen_Win()
>   atom nil
>   -- limit of 10 characters in Box --
>   nil = sendMessage( Box, EM_LIMITTEXT, 10, NULL )
> end procedure
> onOpen[Win] = routine_id( "onOpen_Win" )
>
> WinMain( Win, Normal )
>
> -- Brian