How do I copy text from multiple edit controls?

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Compiler: Visual C++ Standard Edition 4.0
Language: C
Project type: Win32

Problem: I have created 6 edit controls and one pushbutton. I created them
in this order: 4 edit controls, pushbutton, 2 edit controls(read only).
They all function properly BUT I can copy the text from only the 3rd and
4th edit boxes. The buffers were initialized when declared and the 1st and
2nd buffers get over written with spaces. I am using Edit_GetText to get
the text. This program is being written to make a calculation. The data in
the first 4 edit boxes will be used to make the calculation and the answers
will be displayed in the last 2 edit boxes. The pushbutton is the Calc button.
So, I enter the text in the first 4 boxes, hit the calc button, and then as
a test I display the text using TextOut and only the text from number 3 and 4
are displayed. The lines used for number 1 and 2 are blank. These are not
dialog boxes, just edit controls. I have done a lot of research and tried
different things but have not solved the problem. I would appreciate some
help very much. Thanks, John

Posted 11-Oct-14 3:56am

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BillWoodruff 11-Oct-14 10:19am

fyi: there is a C/C++ Forum here under the Discussions Tab

[no name] 11-Oct-14 12:58pm

Some code demonstrating this problem would help.

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Member 11145709 · Answer 1 · 2014-10-14T06:13:00

I finally discovered the problem. As stated I'm using six edit controls, two of
which are read only. I declared a four element array for the input controls and
a two element array for the output controls: hEditIN[4] and hEditOut[2]. Then I
used for loops to create them; looping through the arrays as well as their IDs and screen positions. Well, I discovered today that in the loop for the read only controls I used hEditIN instead of hEditOut!!!!!! Since I wasn't paying any attention to the read only controls at this point I didn't catch the error.
Now after the Calc button is clicked WM_COMMAND catches it and I loop through
the hEditIN array and call Edit_GetText for each element and at this point
display the results in the parent window. Man, what an experience! Now I can get on with it!