If the function succeeds, the return value is the length of the copied string, not including the terminating null character. If the text exceeds this length it will be truncated. NStringSize – is the maximum number of characters to copy to the buffer, including the null character. Lptstr – is the buffer that will receive the text. Hwnd – is a handle to the window or control containing the text. The prototype for these functions are – int GetWindowText(HWND hWnd,LPWSTR lpString,int nStringSize)

The Windows API function GetWindowText and SetWindowText are used to get and set the contents of both the editbox and staticbox. Ix, iy, icx, icy, hwnd, (HMENU) ID_INFO, Global.In the following example clicking the button title ‘set button’ changes the contents of the static box to the value of the textbox. WS_BORDER | SS_LEFT | SS_SUNKEN | SS_WHITERECT, HwndInfo = CreateWindow ('static', NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE |

SS_WHITERECT, tx, ty, tcx, tcy, hwnd, (HMENU) ID_TEXT, Global.hInstance, NULL) WS_BORDER | WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL | SS_LEFT | SS_SUNKEN | HwndText = CreateWindow ('static', NULL, WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | For some reason it won't display the text no matter what I do - feed it an STL string (having it spit out a char *), a literal text string, or a regular char *. I looked at another instance of setting text in my program in a dialog window procedure, and it works fine. But nothing is displayed in the text boxes, and when I call GetWindowText() right after, I get a null string. The strings contain the correct text, and the handles are correct (I assume), according to the debugger. Hwnd is the handle to the parent window, and the sInfo/sText are STL string objects. SetWindowText (GetDlgItem (hwnd, ID_INFO), sInfo.c_str ()) SetWindowText (GetDlgItem (hwnd, ID_TEXT), sText.c_str ()) I am setting the text of a static text control in a normal window (not a dialog) with SetWindowText:

Getwindowtext to setwindow text