DM_GETTEXTPTR
The DM_GETTEXTPTR message is sent to the dialog manager to retrieve
the text of an edit string or the caption of a dialog item.
Unlike the DM_GETTEXT message, this one works with a string pointer.
Param1
The ID of the dialog item for which you want to retrieve the text.
Param2
Pointer to destination string that receives the text.
If Param2 is NULL this is yet another way to get the size of the text (see DM_GETTEXTLENGTH).
If Param2 is NULL this is yet another way to get the size of the text (see DM_GETTEXTLENGTH).
Return
Size of the specified dialog item string NOT including the terminating character '\0'.
Controls
| Control | Description |
|---|---|
| All | String data is returned for edit lines, captions for any other items. Everything contained in FarDialogItem.Data or FarDialogItem.PtrData. |
Remarks
The DM_GETTEXTPTR message in FAR versions up to 1.70 beta 3 returned the string length INCLUDING the terminating character.
Example
See also: