DM_GETTEXT
The DM_GETTEXT
message is sent to the dialog manager to retrieve the text of an edit string or the caption of an item.
Param1
The ID of the dialog item for which you want to retrieve the text.
Param2
Pointer to a FarDialogItemDatastructure that receives the text.
If Param2 is NULL this is yet another way to retrieve necessary data size (see DM_GETTEXTLENGTH):
If Param2 is NULL this is yet another way to retrieve necessary data size (see DM_GETTEXTLENGTH):
LenData=SendDlgMessage(hDlg,DM_GETTEXT,1,(LONG_PTR)NULL);is equal to
LenData=SendDlgMessage(hDlg,DM_GETTEXTLENGTH,1,0);
Return
Data size without terminating character '\0'.
Controls
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| All | String data for edit lines, captions for other items. Everything contained in FarDialogItem.Data or FarDialogItem.PtrData. |
Remarks
The DM_GETTEXT message in FAR versions up to (and including) 1.70 beta 3 returned the size INCLUDING the terminating character.
Example
See also: