Extracting the user input from Edit Box

[VinayCool]

Hi, I have a dialog window in which user has to enter some text in the IDC_WORD after clicking on search button i want the value to be stored in a variable line, I have created a variable m_WORD of CString type , CString line; line = m_WORD; char * w =(char *) (LPCTSTR) line; word = w; but the value is not getting stored in line I used F5 and checked value of m_WORD is empty "" what will be cause ..?? can anyone help me with this…. Regards, Vinay Charan.

[NiceNaidu fo]

Use UpdateData(TRUE) before line = m_WORD Appu.. "If you judge people, you have no time to love them."

[Laxman Auti]

vinaycool wrote:

CString line; line = m_WORD; char * w =(char *) (LPCTSTR) line;

char * str=new char[MAX]; UpdateData(); lstrcpy(str,m_test.GetBuffer(m_test.GetLength())); The code copies the data from the edit box into the str variable. Knock out 't' from can't, You can if you think you can :cool:

[ThatsAlok]

vinaycool wrote:

I have created a variable m_WORD of CString type ,

Have you called GetWindowText in that Function or UpdateData(FALSE) !

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[ThatsAlok]

A_Laxman wrote:

vinaycool wrote: CString line;line = m_WORD;char * w =(char *) (LPCTSTR) line;

nope this code will also work well, have a try!

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[Laxman Auti]

ThatsAlok wrote:

nope this code will also work well, have a try!

Yes buddy, I have tried the code and works fine. as well tried another to do same and posted in my previous post.;P Knock out 't' from can't, You can if you think you can :cool:

[David Crow]

Use:

GetDlgItem(IDC_WORD)->GetWindowText(m_WORD);

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[Hamid Taebi]

use UpDateData then m_youret.GetWindowText( m_WORD);_**

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[rbid]

There is another way to do it :)

• Assign a "Control" variable to your edit box (CEdit m_textEdit).
• Use the method GetWindowText() for retrieving the results

void CDemo::OnBnClickedSearchButton()
{
...
CString userResponseText;
m_textEdit.GetWindowText(userResponseText);

// userResponseText now contains user response..
...

}

Here you don't need to worry about UpdateData that usually has side effects. Just wanted to give you another way to do it. -- **Ricky Marek** (_AKA: rbid_) -- "Things are only impossible until they are not" --- Jean-Luc Picard My articles