Hi!

If this is MFC code and CTempView is your CDialog(IDD_DIALOG1) class then use the
CWnd::SetDlgItemText member function instead. For the record though, It calls the API version like
this...

    ::SetDlgItemText(m_hWnd, nID, lpszString);

If this is an SDK app -- which I doubt, then the HWND hDlg parameter is the HWND hwndDlg passed into
the DialogProc for this dialog.

    INT_PTR CALLBACK DialogProc(
            HWND hwndDlg,  // handle to dialog box
            UINT uMsg,     // message
            WPARAM wParam, // first message parameter
            LPARAM lParam  // second message parameter
    );

HTH,

Jeff...
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Jeff,

Thank you for your reply.  Unfortunately, your explanation is CIPU
(Clear If Previously Understood).  The code below compiled but failed
to placed the text "HELLO" in the IDC_EDIT1 box.

void CTempView::OnButton1()
{
        TRACE("Button1 Clicked \n");
        CString s_Text = "HELLO";
        ::SetDlgItemText(m_hWnd, IDC_EDIT1, s_Text);

An example code which compiles and places a string in the IDC_EDIT1
would clearly illustrate your explanation below.  I am unsure if the
code above is the correct method and any corrections would be most
appreciative.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 06:14:37 -0600, "Jeff Partch"

Hi!

Sorry for stating the obvious, but I really did think that's what you were asking.

Anyway, I just created a dialog resource with these controls on it...

    IDD_DIALOG1 DIALOG DISCARDABLE  0, 0, 215, 151
    STYLE DS_MODALFRAME | WS_POPUP | WS_CAPTION | WS_SYSMENU
    CAPTION "Test"
    FONT 8, "MS Sans Serif"
    BEGIN
        DEFPUSHBUTTON "OK",IDOK,158,7,50,14
        PUSHBUTTON        "Cancel",IDCANCEL,158,24,50,14
        PUSHBUTTON        "&Text",IDC_BUTTON1,158,124,50,14
        EDITTEXT                IDC_EDIT1,10,123,141,14,ES_AUTOHSCROLL
    END

I then used ClassWizard to create a CDialog derived class called CTempView using the IDD_DIALOG1...

    class CTempView : public CDialog
    {
    // Construction
    public:
        CTempView(CWnd* pParent = NULL);   // standard constructor
    // Dialog Data
        //{{AFX_DATA(CTempView)
        enum { IDD = IDD_DIALOG1 };
        // NOTE: the ClassWizard will add data members here
        //}}AFX_DATA
    // Overrides
        // ClassWizard generated virtual function overrides
        //{{AFX_VIRTUAL(CTempView)
        protected:
        virtual void DoDataExchange(CDataExchange* pDX);    // DDX/DDV support
        //}}AFX_VIRTUAL
    // Implementation
    protected:
        // Generated message map functions
        //{{AFX_MSG(CTempView)
        afx_msg void OnButton1();
        //}}AFX_MSG
        DECLARE_MESSAGE_MAP()
    };

And then I used ClassWizard to add a BN_CLICKED message handler for the IDC_BUTTON1 control to the
CTempView class...

    BEGIN_MESSAGE_MAP(CTempView, CDialog)
        //{{AFX_MSG_MAP(CTempView)
        ON_BN_CLICKED(IDC_BUTTON1, OnButton1)
        //}}AFX_MSG_MAP
    END_MESSAGE_MAP()

    void CTempView::OnButton1()
    {
        TRACE("Button1 Clicked \n");
        CString s_Text = "HELLO";
        ::SetDlgItemText(m_hWnd, IDC_EDIT1, s_Text);
    }

Which is how I understand your situation. And it just works for me. Do you have any idea where my
implementation differs from yours?

Jeff...
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Jeff,

Thank you again for your response.  It is most appreciated.  
Your example is almost identical with one exception.  I am using

        class CTempView : public CView

What am I trying to do?  I have a dialog IDD_DIALOG1 with the
following controls.  Please see attached bitmaps before.bmp and
after.bmp.

IDC_BUTTON1, IDC_EDIT1
IDC_BUTTON2, IDC_EDIT2

Intent is to set text in the IDC_EDIT1 by clicking on IDC_BUTTON1 and
IDC_EDIT2 by clicking on IDC_BUTTON2.  

For IDC_EDIT2 and IDC_BUTTON2,  I am using

class CDlg : public CDialog

void CDlg::OnButton2()          // Button2 works as shown by after.bmp
{
        TRACE("Button2 Clicked\n");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_BUTTON2, "Sample Text");
        SetDlgItemText(IDC_EDIT2, "Sample Text");

FOR IDC_EDIT1 and IDC_BUTTON1, I am using

class CTempView : public CView

void CTempView::OnButton1()
{
        TRACE("Button1 Clicked \n");          // Works upto here
        CString s_Text = "HELLO";
        ::SetDlgItemText(m_hWnd, IDC_EDIT1, s_Text);

For IDC_BUTTON1 to send a command message, I've set the COMMAND ID as
0x9000.  The view has a handler for the button's command and responds
with the TRACE("Button1 Clicked \n") in the output window.

Question now is how to

::SetDlgItemText(m_hWnd, IDC_EDIT1, s_Text);

Forgive me for my ignorance but the Tutorial Book I am reading covers
how to do button2/edit2 but does not cover button1/edit1.  Thanks.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 15:48:32 -0600, "Jeff Partch"

Hi!

Three things and then an answer that may just work...

1. 465k attachments are frowned upon in non-binary newsgroups.
2. I have no idea why you are doing this in this way.
3. I'm skating on thin ice with this one, but here goes...

    void CTempView::OnButton1()
    {
        TRACE("Button1 Clicked \n"); // Works upto here
        CString s_Text = "HELLO";
        ::SetDlgItemText(GetCurrentMessage()->hwnd, IDC_EDIT1, s_Text);
    }

HTH,

Jeff...
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Jeff,

Thank you very much.  It worked finally. :-)

Without knowing the proper terminology, I thought it best to show the
picture to communicate my intent.  I will refrain from posting large
bitmaps in the future.

The tutorial I am reading covers ActiveX for Internet Explorer and I
am modifying the code to allow entering the URL.  Here is the snippet
that has not worked until now.

void CEx08bView::OnGoLeft()
{
        char char_leftURL[] = "http://www.msnbc.com/";
        ::GetDlgItemText(GetCurrentMessage()->hwnd, IDC_URL_LEFT,
char_leftURL, 100);
        m_target.Navigate(char_leftURL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

I searched the VC++ Documentation for GetCurrentMessage() and found 2
entries.

-------------------------------------------------------------------
CContainedWindow::GetCurrentMessage
const MSG* GetCurrentMessage( );

Return Value

The current message, packaged in the MSG structure.

Remarks

Returns the current message (m_pCurrentMsg).
-------------------------------------------------------------------

CWnd::GetCurrentMessage  
static const MSG* Pascal GetCurrentMessage( );

Return Value

Returns a pointer to the MSG structure that contains the message the
window is currently processing. Should only be called when in an
OnMessage handler.

Example

See the example for CMDIFrameWnd::MDICascade.
--------------------------------------------------------------------

Without reiterating the above, could you tell me how this process
works in simple English?  Thank you.

On Tue, 9 Jan 2001 18:02:55 -0600, "Jeff Partch"

Hi!

Well I'm glad of that, and I'll try to explain it...

In Windows messages are (basically) sent from one HWND to another HWND. The button HWND sends the
BN_CLICKED notification as part of a WM_COMMAND message to its parent HWND which in this case is the
dialogbox it lives on. Something like this...

    HWND hwndParent = GetParent();
    SendMessage(hwndParent, WM_COMMAND, MAKEWPARAM(myid, 0), (LPARAM)(DWORD)myhwnd);

So then MFC, having subclassed the dialogbox intercepts the message...

    AfxWndProcBase
      AfxWndProc
        AfxCallWndProc      // Saves the message here

AfxCallWndProc saves the message in the MSG m_lastSentMsg member of a CThreadLocal structure...

    LRESULT AFXAPI AfxCallWndProc(CWnd* pWnd, HWND hWnd, UINT nMsg,
        WPARAM wParam = 0, LPARAM lParam = 0)
    {
        _AFX_THREAD_STATE* pThreadState = _afxThreadState.GetData();
        MSG oldState = pThreadState->m_lastSentMsg;   // save for nesting
        pThreadState->m_lastSentMsg.hwnd = hWnd;
        pThreadState->m_lastSentMsg.message = nMsg;
        pThreadState->m_lastSentMsg.wParam = wParam;
        pThreadState->m_lastSentMsg.lParam = lParam;

And then begins its message map routing...

  CWnd::WindowProc
    CWnd::OnWndMsg         // Looks for WM_COMMAND here
      OnCmdMsg                  // Does its WM_COMMAND routing here
        _AfxDispatchCmdMsg // Call the found CCmdTarget handler here

Which gets to your handler where GetCurrentMessage returns a pointer the m_lastSentMsg that was
filled in above (it sets the time and pt members too), and where m_lastSentMsg.hwnd is still the
HWND of the window that the button sent the message to in the first place -- its parent, or the
dialog box it lives on. Which is the same dialog box that the IDC_EDIT1 edit control lives on. Which
is what you need for the call to...

    ::SetDlgItemText(hdlg, IDC_EDIT1, strPath);

Does that make sense? Is that what you were asking this time?

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Jeff,

Your explanation is elegant and most informative.  I absorbed the
general concept and will review the technical details as I continue my
study.  Thank you again for your assistance.

On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 06:07:53 -0600, "Jeff Partch"