on 8/9/00 6:27 AM, Richard Anderson at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Two things you need to know about FrmCopyLabel:
>
> 1. The new text must not be longer than the old text
In this case, the 'old text' is the text you provided when you created the
label resource in Constructor (or Rez or PilRC). The word 'copy' in the
function name implies you are copying the text to a buffer: the length of
that buffer comes from the length of the resource label's string.
> 2. The pointer to the new text must remain vaild for the entire time the
> label is displayed.
Not true - the FrmCopyXXX calls work as described above: the CtlSetXXX or
FrmSetXXX calls work as you described.
> Better off using read only text fields if you do a lot of changing.
I fully agree. Plus, labels are often right-justified on Palm forms, and
fields can be right-justified, but labels can't be.
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