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Re: EditText controls and NT4

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Feb 09, 2005
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Larry Miller wrote:
> 
> I am having a problem with Win32Lib's EditText controls (single line) on
> Windows NT4.
> The controls open with a gray background and allow text to be entered but not
> deleted. Text can be overwitten.
> 
> This occurs with the EditBoxes.exw demo in Win32Lib v0.60.6.
> Computer is running NT4, SP6a and IE6 (Not my main machine). I have not seen 
> this problem on other than NT4.
> 
> I do have a workaround. SetWindowBackColor(id,#FFFFFF) will correct the
> problem,
> but this must be done for each control, all of which are in dialog boxes.

The code below works for me (Win XP) ...

without warning
 include win32lib.ew
 constant Win = create(Window, "Test", 0, 0, 0, 400, 400, 0)
 constant EB  = create(EditText, "1234", Win, 10, 10, 200, 25, 0)
 WinMain(Win, Normal)

I don't have an NT box available for me to test with.

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Derek Parnell
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