restricting to type in CEdit

[Ph ntom]

Hi all, Can anybody know how to restrict to type fixed number of characters in the CEdit control. Thanks. The Phantom.

[iceage]

open Class Wizard and assign a CString variable for your edit and you will see "Maximum characters" in the lower part of the Class Wizard. Set there how many characters your CString wants to have.(same for int, long...)

[User 423850]

if u want to assign a CEdit ctrl as the data member to the Edit Ctrl then u can call the function-->> EditCtrl.SetLimitText(VALUE_of_memeber_u_want ); i hope this solve ur query Thanx TAKE CARE

[henchook]

Hmmm.... is there an analgous way to restrict what is types? For example, suppose I only want to allow alphanumeric english letters in the editbox.... Or does that require subclassing?

[David Crow]

Use the CEdit::SetLimitText(). You can use DDX for this but it's better to restrict the text length as you are typing rather than wait until the OK button has been clicked (i.e., validating in the OnOK() handler is too little too late).