Richard Burmeister wrote in message <33285@palm-dev-forum>...
>
>From: "Anuradha J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>> // get label on the button
>> cLabel = CtlGetLabel(control);
>>
>> if(*cLabel == '\0') // this is were it gives problem
>
>The docs say you must not use CtlGetLabel on a graphical control or a
slider
>control because they have no label (and therefore, I would guess that
cLabel
>is NULL). So you should check the control type before calling CtlGetLabel
>(or, at least don't try to dereference cLabel if it is NULL!). I don't see
>any API function to check a control's type, so you probably have to look to
>see if control.ControlAttrType.graphical is set and not call CtlGetLabel if
>it is. Note: the graphical attribute is only present if the 3.5 New
Feature
>Set is present.
>
Wouldn't it work to check for (cLabel == NULL) instead
of checking for an empty-but-allocated label?
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