I quote from the Palm OS Companion pdf, Pg. 107 that came with the 3.5 SDK
[snip...]
You don't interact with a label as a programmatic entity; however,
you can use Form and Control API to create new labels or to change
labels dynamically.
[snip...]
So, it doesn't appear to work correctly, it is designed to work correctly.
However, I do agree that since a separate function (FrmCopyLabel) is given
for this very purpose, using that would be a good programming practice. But,
I don't think it is incorrect to use the other (CtlSetLabel) and/or the
other method just works somehow and is not guaranteed to do so...
-vc
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mark Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Labels
> "Viraj Chatterjee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Use CtlSetLabel...
> >eg.:
> > CtlSetLabel(((ControlPtr)FrmGetObjectPtr(frmP, FrmGetObjectIndex(frmP,
> >LabelObjID))), newstr);
>
> If it's really a label object, I don't believe this is correct,
> even though it appeared to work in earlier version so of the OS.
> CtlSetLabel sets the text associated with a control such as a
> pushbutton or checkbox. But labels themselves aren't controls,
> they're lighter weight objects. You have to use FrmCopyLabel
> instead, and make sure the new label length isn't longer than
> the length as defined in the original resource.
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