GetWindowText does not work

[sumedha]

hi,
the following function does not return the text in a edit box control. Anyone know any other way to get the text in an edit box control? I'm not using MFC. "SetWindowText" works fine, only "GetWindowText" does not work.

int GetWindowText(
HWND hWnd, // handle to window or control
LPTSTR lpString, // text buffer
int nMaxCount // maximum number of characters to copy
);
-=$umedha=-

 

[Zyrenthian]

I recall seeing something like this. Look into Invalidate. I seem to remember this getting the data properly.

Matt

 

[IonelBurtan]

If you are working in an MFC environment, you must call the function UpdateData(), before reading the modifications from a text box.

Hope this helps, s-)

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[tchouch]

This function cannot retrieve the text of an edit control in another application. Use WM_GETTEXT message instead.