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Started by El_Bosso February 08, 2002 07:18 AM

4 comments, last by El_Bosso 22 years, 2 months ago

El_Bosso

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February 08, 2002 07:18 AM

Hi, I''ve wanted to make a console, like the Quake3 Console, including a Dialog Box for the startup. I''m using for the Messages a Edit Box, but how can I make a line jump? If I use ''\n'' in the string, which I send to SetDlgItemText, I only get a symbol in the EditBox. The same happens when I use ''\t''. My second question is: How can I get a text of a EditBox, without using a Button which will be activated, when you pres enter (after writing the order)? Thanks in advance

Anonymous

February 08, 2002 04:37 PM

Use "\r\n".

Bezzant

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February 08, 2002 04:43 PM

enable "multiline" or something like that on the edit boxes properties. then ''\n'' will work fine.

122

February 08, 2002 04:46 PM

But make sure to use sprintf to format the text with "\r\n" before you output it.

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El_Bosso

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February 10, 2002 01:17 AM

Thanks, it works but what does \r mean?

And has anybody an Idea about my second problem (the Input EditBox without a Button)?

xDS4Lx

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February 10, 2002 01:24 AM

\n Is the newline or linefeed symbol, and \r is carridge return. In Windows you need the combination of both b/c the \r tells windows to return the cursor to the start of the row, while, \n says go to next row.

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