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Re: WordWrap in MleText

• Posted by Ad Rienks <kwibus at ZONNET.NL> Oct 08, 2000
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Dan,

I further experimented and found out that after removing WS_VSCROLL and
putting ES_AUTOVSCROLL in it's place, the control was exactly what I wanted
it to be.
Therefore I'm very happy with Derek's announcement.
Aesthetically, I don't like such a thick scrollbar in a small window!

David, Derek, Matt, Brian, anyone, isn't it possible to have getAttribute()
and setAttribute() functions in Win32Lib, like in my once-beloved  VEL by
Gary Dumer?

Thanks,    Ad

----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
Van: Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
Aan: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Verzonden: zondag 8 oktober 2000 13:35
Onderwerp: Re: WordWrap in MleText


> Ad,
>
> You're welcome :)  The test you sent is very similar to what I did *after*
I
> wrote you, which led me to my later observation about removing WS_HSCROLL.
> After I saw what MS said about word wrap being a default, I had to see
what
> was making it NOT be functional, & took out ALL the styles of the MLE, and
> then replaced them one at a time until I first saw word wrap work, and
then
> continued until it disappeared.
>
> Looks like Derek is ahead of you, he's already made styles user
> over-rideable.
>
> You probably have a good reason, but why *wouldn't* you want word wrap in
an
> editor?  Looks to me that RichText *already* functions with word wrap,
> though.
>
> Dan
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Ad Rienks" <kwibus at ZONNET.NL>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2000 4:12 AM
> Subject: Re: WordWrap in MleText
>
>
> > Thanks Dan,
> >
> > I thought this would be easy. Thanks for pointing me in the right
> direction.
> > The WordWrap *should be* default behavior in an MLE, it only is not
> because
> > the definition in Win32Lib contains WS_HSCROLL. Look at the following
> demo:
> >
> > -- MleText Demo with ReadOnly
> > -- for this demo you should at least first 'comment out'  WS_HSCROLL in
> the
> > -- include file Win32Lib.ew (line 5550 in v0.53)
> >
> > include Win32Lib.ew       -- v0.53, by David Cuny & friends
> >
> > constant
> > Win = create(Window, "ReadOnly Test", 0, 80, 80, 200, 200, 0),
> > MLE = create(MleText, "", Win, 10, 10, 170, 40, ES_READONLY)
> >
> > setText(MLE,
> >    "For this test I commented out WS_HSCROLL and WS_TABSTOP from
> > Win32Lib.ew")
> >
> > WinMain(Win, Normal)
> > -- end demo
> >
> > I would propose to the Win32Lib development team to leave the WS_HSCROLL
> out
> > of the Win32Lib.ew file definition. The programmer can than be given the
> > possibility to add this again, along with ES_READONLY and maybe other
> > attributes (if needed). After all, I think that an MLE mostly will be
used
> > for inputting and/or displaying wrapped text. One exception I can think
of
> > that does not want wordwrap, should be an editor window. But then again,
> > RichEdit can be used for that.
> >
> > What is your reaction to this, Win32Lib developers?
> >
> > Ad
> >
> > ----- Oorspronkelijk bericht -----
> > Van: Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET>
> > Aan: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> > Verzonden: zondag 8 oktober 2000 11:47
> > Onderwerp: Re: WordWrap in MleText
> >
> >
> > > Ad,
> > >
> > > I don't know if this will help or not (it just confused me), but
> > > http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q109/5/51.asp
> > > talks about how "to replace the default wordwrap function with an
> > > application-defined wordwrap function" in a MLE.  What most confuses
me
> is
> > > the implication that a MLE already has a *default* word wrap!
> > >
> > > Also, and related, I got this (talking about ES_MULTILINE):
> > > "If you do not specify ES_AUTOHSCROLL, the control automatically wraps
> > words
> > > to the beginning of the next line when necessary. "
> > > from:
> > > http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/psdk/winui/editcon_7rqr.htm
> > >
> > > Dan Moyer
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: "Ad Rienks" <kwibus at ZONNET.NL>
> > > To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> > > Sent: Friday, October 06, 2000 8:19 AM
> > > Subject: WordWrap in MleText
> > >
> > >
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > Just a quick question. I thought this would be easy, but I can't find
it
> > in
> > > any documentation on Win32Lib I've read.
> > > How do you create a MleText control with WordWrap and ReadOnly?
> > > ReadOnly is easy, just use ES_READONLY as the last parameter in
> create().
> > > That works nice; but I could not find a constant for WordWrap.
> > >
> > > Thanks for your support,
> > >
> > > Ad