Re: Code Snippet of Display Text on Button Control

From:
"Scott McPhillips [MVP]" <org-dot-mvps-at-scottmcp>
Newsgroups:
microsoft.public.vc.mfc
Date:
Tue, 06 Mar 2007 07:31:07 -0500
Message-ID:
<uCNNHu#XHHA.4368@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl>
lucky wrote:

Hi,

I want to display a text on a button which is dragged from the toolbox
and placed on
the dialog.
I have posted a message regarding this ----> "Displaying text on a
controls"

I got the reply. But it is not still working

Here is the code snippet.....

MyApplicationDlg.h

CButton m_button_control;

MyApplicationDlg.cpp

void CMyApplicationDlg::DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX)
{
    CDialog::DoDataExchange(pDX);
    DDX_Control(pDX, IDC_BUTTON_TEST, m_button_control);
}

BOOL CMyApplicationDlg::OnInitDialog()
{
    CDialog::OnInitDialog();

         (GetDlgItem(IDC_BUTTON1))->SetWindowTextW(L"Hello");

          OR (tried both the options)

         m_button_control.SetWindowTextW(L"Hello");
    UpdateData(FALSE);

         return FALSE;
}

I also tried all the options like [1] SetRedraw() [2] Invalidate()
[3] UpdateWindow()
                                             [4] SetFocus
wherever needed to be used in code

But still it is working, what might be the problem i am not getting.

Can anyone please get me out of this problem.................


Either way should work if you are using the correct button ID. Which ID
is correct? Check the button properties to find its actual ID. And get
rid of the call to UpdateData: Neither method uses it. Analyze some
things with the debugger: Do you get an error message? Does GetDlgItem
return NULL? Is m_button_control.m_hWnd NULL?

--
Scott McPhillips [VC++ MVP]

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