fredmastro
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Need to show whole text file in a edit box.
I have code below which loads a text file into an edit box on a dialog window. Only it only show the first 100 or so characters. I have scroll boxes etx, but how can I get it to show the whole text file in any length. That way I can scroll down the text file in the edit box in the dialog window. Am I using the wrong kind of variable. It's set as a value and then CString. I use ClassWizrad.
Please speak in laymens terms, I'm a newbie and will get lost easy if you use crazy words.
Here's my code.
void CNumbersDlg::OnLoadNumbers ()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code
// here
//Will Load the Numbers.TXT File
CFile f;
if ( f.Open("E:\\Numbers.txt", CFile::modeRead)== FALSE )
return;
//Creare an archive odject
CArchive ar( &f, CArchive::load );
//Serialzie data from the archive into m_NumbersEdit
ar >> m_NumbersEdit;
//Close the archive
ar.Close();
//Close the file.
f.Close();
//Update screen with the Numbers information
UpdateData(FALSE);
}
Please speak in laymens terms, I'm a newbie and will get lost easy if you use crazy words.
Here's my code.
void CNumbersDlg::OnLoadNumbers
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code
// here
//Will Load the Numbers.TXT File
CFile f;
if ( f.Open("E:\\Numbers.txt", CFile::modeRead)== FALSE )
return;
//Creare an archive odject
CArchive ar( &f, CArchive::load );
//Serialzie data from the archive into m_NumbersEdit
ar >> m_NumbersEdit;
//Close the archive
ar.Close();
//Close the file.
f.Close();
//Update screen with the Numbers information
UpdateData(FALSE);
}
Have you set the dialog box to be multi-lined? And is the variable m_NumbersEdit a CString?
ASKER
The Dialog box is multi-lined and the the variable is CSting. (I mentioned that in the original question).
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Second method is tested one....
ASKER
Too complicated for a newbie like me.
ASKER
Too complicated for me. I did other researhing and found that you can't add all those characters to an edit box unless I change it's buffer somehow. I have to use a richedit box.