>
> > 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.
>
Constant text string will work IFF the new string is the same size or
smaller than the orginal. If your constant string is not available for the
life of the field, the field may not display the proper data.
>This is way too complicated for setting a non-editable field
Not really, the same code could be used to update any field in the app.(and
it only a handful of lines of code)
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