Help! This one is too simple

[HECTOR64]

Hi!

Well, i'm starting with Visual C++ I'm learning in selfteaching mode and i've got a question for anyone.

How can i change the 'Caption' of a PushButton ???

(ridiculous right? but i don't know how....)

[parksie]

Are you new to C++, or new to Windows programming with C++? If the former, I would seriously suggest learning the language first

[HECTOR64]

I'm new in Windows programming Visual C++ 5.0, i got a book to learn.....

[parksie]

In that case, depending on how you created the button, you need to retrieve its window handle.

// Somewhere in your code
hWnd_Button = CreateWindow("BUTTON", ...); // And so on
// or
hWnd_Button = GetDlgItem(hWnd_Dlg, IDB_THEBUTTON);

Then, just use SetWindowText:

SetWindowText(hWnd_Button, "New caption!");

[Vlatko]

If you are using a dialog then you can use

SetDlgItemText
The SetDlgItemText function sets the title or text of a control in a dialog box.

BOOL SetDlgItemText(
HWND hDlg, // handle of dialog box
int nIDDlgItem, // identifier of control
LPCTSTR lpString // text to set
);

Parameters
hDlg
Identifies the dialog box that contains the control.
nIDDlgItem
Identifies the control with a title or text that is to be set.
lpString
Pointer to the null-terminated string that contains the text to be copied to the control.

[HECTOR64]

Thank you, it helped and worked correctly. um, do you know where could i get VC++ samples? so i could learn faster...

Thanks again.

[parksie]

The Platform SDK is full of them

Plus I've posted quite a few - search this forum if you need anything and I'm sure Vlatko, Chimp, or a variety of others have posted something.