GetText() drops character

[Bruce Peaslee]

It appears that:

pControl = GetControl(txtD1Owner1);
Lot.Owner1 = pControl->GetText();

misses the last character in the edit control.

As I test, I tried this, which works:

Lot.Owner1 = *(CEdit)pControl.GetLine(0);

Although there is only 1 line.

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

Fixed.  Thanks.

[LarryMc]

Fundamental question for dummy:

Lot.Owner1 = pControl->GetText();

Lot.Owner1 = *(CEdit)pControl.GetLine(0);

Can someone please tell me (in dumbese) what the right side of the eqaul sign is telling me in each case?
And type real slow!

[Bruce Peaslee]

It's my code, so I'll give it a try.

The code is incomplete, but was enough for Paul to see the problem. This comes first:

pControl = GetControl(txtD1Owner1);

and provides the pointer to an edit control. ("txtD1Owner1" is my naming convention for a "text box" in dialog D1 for variable Owner1. I never use just numbers.) Once you have the pointer to the control

pControl->GetText();   // pointer function call syntax

gives you the text in it. Since there was a bug in the subroutine, I used:

*(CEdit)pControl.GetLine(0);

instead. I'm not sure why the syntax for derefencing is different, but I guess it has something to do with where the function is defined. This function is supposed to give you a specific line in a multi-line control (starting at zero), but it worked for what I needed to do while Paul does the fix.

Sorry, but I can't type any slowerÂÃ, 

[Parker]

*x.y is equivalent to x->y, but Aurora has some bugs at the moment that don't allow you to use the -> operator since it doesn't remember the type of the pointer.

[Bruce Peaslee]

*x.y is equivalent to x->y, but Aurora has some bugs at the moment that don't allow you to use the -> operator since it doesn't remember the type of the pointer.

Thanks. I was worried about my lack of understanding. A bug is not the first thing you think of when dealing with Paul's work.

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

Actually it does allow it.

CControl *pControl;
CEdit *pEdit = GetControl(txtD1Owner1);
Lot.Owner1 = pEdit->GetLine(0);

See the difference

[Bruce Peaslee]

It does. Easier to read (and type).

[Parker]

I was referring to the fact that there were a couple of times when it doesn't work, I think I found them in function calls and when using arrays. For example (not quite sure if it's right though):

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DoWork(item->data[1]);

[Ionic Wind Support Team]

They should have all been working in the last update.