Re: ? Initialize ComboBox Edit String
Alec S. wrote:
"David Wilkinson" <no-reply@effisols.com> wrote in message news:uxbN7KbvGHA.4612@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
If you are mapping the combo box value to a CString then you should
initialize this CString with your desired value before you call the base
class version of OnInitDialog(). Then you will not need to override
PreSubclassWindow().
That's what I would from the dialog box, but what I'm trying to do is to have the combobox derived class self-initialize it with a
default which the dialog box can then override in OnInitDialog or let the user do it. In other words, the class itself has a
default string, the dialog can override it to have a dialog/app based default, then finally the user can alter it.
For example, I want the combobox to automatically set itself to "enter text", the developer using that combobox in a dialog to set
it to "Please enter a 6-character password.", and the user to type in "12345" (well *****).
Alec:
I see now. Maybe Joe is right on this one!
But a couple of ideas for the combo entries in DoDataExchange():
1. Does it work right if you put the DDX_Text before the DDX_Control?
2. You could use DDX_Text only if pDX->m_bSaveAndValidate is TRUE.
David Wilkinson
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