C++Talk.NET C++ language newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  Putting cursor at end of EditBox          C++Talk.NET Forum Index -> C++ language (comp.lang.c++) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message MPBroida Guest Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 9:44 pm    Post subject: Putting cursor at end of EditBox Hi! I couldn't find a better Newsgroup on this server, so I'll ask here and hope for the best. <grin> I'm using MSDevStudio and VisualC++ 6.0 on Win2K. I have a small GUI program (Dialog) that uses (among other things) an EditBox. I put text (drive+dirpath+filespec) in that box with SetDlgItemText(), but the text is longer than the EditBox's visible area. No problem: I made it selectable so the user could click in the box and scroll left/right with the arrow keys to see the entire string. But that's kind of clunky. The entire string is important, but the actual FILEname is the most important part. Thus, I would like the box to initially display the LEFT-HAND end of that string so that the filename is immediately visible. I'm sure there's a way to do it; I dimly recall it being discussed in an MSAccess group for Access controls. So, (without MSAccess involvement) how do I make that text string be displayed so the LEFT end is visible?? Probably put the cursor in the box and at that end of the string, but I don't know how to do that. Hints/help, please? :) Thanks! Mike Back to top Mike Wahler Guest Posted: Wed Oct 22, 2003 10:32 pm    Post subject: Re: [OT, redir, welcome msg] Putting cursor at end of EditBo "MPBroida" <michael.p.broida (AT) boeing_oops (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Hi! I couldn't find a better Newsgroup on this server, Microsoft has a public server which has groups for Windows issues, which is what your query is about: msnews.microsoft.com Find group microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui Quote: so I'll ask here and hope for the best. Purpose of comp.lang.c++: http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt -Mike Back to top MPBroida Guest Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 5:34 pm    Post subject: Re: [OT, redir, welcome msg] Putting cursor at end of EditBo Mike Wahler wrote: Quote: "MPBroida" wrote: Hi! I couldn't find a better Newsgroup on this server, Microsoft has a public server which has groups for Windows issues, which is what your query is about: msnews.microsoft.com Find group microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui Thanks for the info, but I can't get to that newsserver from here; firewalls/proxies/etc here don't allow it. I'll try to convince our local newsserver admin to echo/ mirror (whatever the term is) that group here, but I doubt they will do it. Quote: Purpose of comp.lang.c++: http://www.slack.net/~shiva/welcome.txt Thanks for the info. :) Mike Back to top Noah Roberts Guest Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:23 pm    Post subject: Re: [OT, redir, welcome msg] Putting cursor at end of EditBo Mike Wahler wrote: Quote: "MPBroida" <michael.p.broida (AT) boeing_oops (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3F96FA2C.AB27370A (AT) boeing_oops (DOT) com... Hi! I couldn't find a better Newsgroup on this server, Microsoft has a public server which has groups for Windows issues, which is what your query is about: msnews.microsoft.com Find group microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui In my experience these groups are a joke. They are basically dead, nothing happens there. Try comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.* where I still got no answers, but at least there is a decent amount of traffic. NR Back to top MPBroida Guest Posted: Thu Oct 23, 2003 6:59 pm    Post subject: Re: [OT, redir, welcome msg] Putting cursor at end of EditBo Noah Roberts wrote: Quote: Mike Wahler wrote: "MPBroida" wrote in message news:3F96FA2C.AB27370A (AT) boeing_oops (DOT) com... Hi! I couldn't find a better Newsgroup on this server, Microsoft has a public server which has groups for Windows issues, which is what your query is about: msnews.microsoft.com Find group microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui In my experience these groups are a joke. They are basically dead, nothing happens there. Try comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.* where I still got no answers, but at least there is a decent amount of traffic. Thanks. I found comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.win32 and will post there in a couple minutes. :) Mike Back to top John Carson Guest Posted: Sat Oct 25, 2003 1:00 am    Post subject: Re: [OT, redir, welcome msg] Putting cursor at end of EditBo "Noah Roberts" <nroberts (AT) dontemailme (DOT) com> wrote Quote: Mike Wahler wrote: "MPBroida" <michael.p.broida (AT) boeing_oops (DOT) com> wrote in message news:3F96FA2C.AB27370A (AT) boeing_oops (DOT) com... Hi! I couldn't find a better Newsgroup on this server, Microsoft has a public server which has groups for Windows issues, which is what your query is about: msnews.microsoft.com Find group microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui In my experience these groups are a joke. They are basically dead, nothing happens there. Try comp.os.ms-windows.programmer.* where I still got no answers, but at least there is a decent amount of traffic. NR My experience is very different. There are hundreds of newsgroups on the MS server, some of them very specialised. Microsoft evidently has the same philosophy to creating newsgroups as it has to adding features to its products. Naturally, some of these don't have much traffic but the less specialised newsgroups have plenty, e.g., microsoft.public.vc.language microsoft.public.vc.mfc The suggested newsgroup microsoft.public.win32.programmer.ui is more specialised but still has a respectable amount of traffic and is a good source for help. -- John Carson 1. To reply to email address, remove donald 2. Don't reply to email address (post here instead) Back to top Anonymous Guest Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2003 2:48 am    Post subject: Re: Putting cursor at end of EditBox MPBroida wrote: Quote: I have a small GUI program (Dialog) that uses (among other things) an EditBox...I would like the box to initially display the LEFT-HAND end of that string Use CEdit::SetSel. Check MSDN for details. 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