Control will only take one line of text. Why ?

O.S: Win98
Compiler: Dev-C++ version 4
Level: keen newbie

Hello,

Okay, I’ve missed something. I’ve created a text box with the code below. The problem is I can only enter or paste one line of text into the control. What property setting or argument(s) have I missed?

Thank you for your help

hmm :confused:


// the code:

hctlTextBox = CreateWindowEx(
WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE,
"Edit",
"",
WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE, 50, 50, 350, 400,
hwnd,
NULL,
hThisInstance,
NULL);

You need to include the ES_MULTILINE window style.

Thanks parksie that did the trick. One question though. Is the number of lines of text limited to the height property of the control?

hmm :)

No. On Win9x it's limited to 64K of data (like in Notepad). It will scroll I think if you specify something like ES_AUTOVSCROLL | ES_AUTOHSCROLL.

Thanks parksie that worked perfectly

hmm

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