"Dave Lippincott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The character pointer you pass using FldSEtTextPtr needs to be a pointer,
> not a constant text string.
This is not true. A constant text string is a pointer, and would work just
fine in this situation.
> Plus, the pointer needs to remain in scope for the life of the field
> you wish alter.
This is true, but a constant text string would remain in scope (i.e.,
it's not on the stack).
There are other reasons for not using a constant text string, such as
I18N.
> you could try (and I believe this is in the KB)
> 1) get the field pointer
> 2) get the size of the string you want to update the field with
> 3) get the field text handle
> 4) allocate memory or resize the handle if necessary
> 5) lock the handle
> 6) COPY the new string to the locked handle
> 7) unlock the handle
> 8) redraw the field
This is way too complicated for setting a non-editable field. As another
poster pointed out, multiple line, read-only fields won't draw correctly
unless you call FldRecalculateField after setting the pointer.
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