I'm presuming you aren't overwriting the label buffer. If you can't figure
it out, try allocating your own memory for the label, or use a non-editable
field with underline off.
Matt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marty Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Palm Developer Forum" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2002 7:05 AM
Subject: Trouble if first character of a label is [any extended stroke
character]?
> Has anybody experienced this type of problem? If I try to set a label
> control's text to a string who's first character is the degree symbol
> (extended-shift / clockwise circle in graffiti), my application crashes
> ("bus error" in POSE). If the first character is something else, like a
> letter or a space, then it works fine (even if another character is the
> degree symbol). I am getting the control's text buffer by calling
> CtlGetLabel, then modifying the string and putting it back with
CtlSetLabel.
> Again, this works fine as long as the first character isn't an
> extended-stroke character, like the copyright symbol, or the degree
symbol.
>
> Thanks,
> Marty
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