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Win32Api GetDlgItemText How make buffer with no fixed size?
Oct 10, 2020
Marcone
Oct 10, 2020
Adam D. Ruppe
Oct 12, 2020
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October 10, 2020
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wchar[100] buffer; // I don't want fixed size :(
GetDlgItemText(hwn, widget, buffer.ptr, buffer.sizeof);
October 10, 2020
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On Saturday, 10 October 2020 at 10:15:03 UTC, Marcone wrote:
> wchar[100] buffer; // I don't want fixed size :(

wchar[] buffer; // no fixed size

buffer.length = GetWindowTextLength(hwn); // set it to the text length of the window

// now get the text
GetDlgItemText(hwn, widget, buffer.ptr, buffer.length);



Use buffer.length instead of buffer.sizeof in D.
October 12, 2020
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On Saturday, 10 October 2020 at 12:31:14 UTC, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
> On Saturday, 10 October 2020 at 10:15:03 UTC, Marcone wrote:
>> wchar[100] buffer; // I don't want fixed size :(
>
> wchar[] buffer; // no fixed size
>
> buffer.length = GetWindowTextLength(hwn); // set it to the text length of the window
>
> // now get the text
> GetDlgItemText(hwn, widget, buffer.ptr, buffer.length);
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> Use buffer.length instead of buffer.sizeof in D.

Very good! working fine. Thank you.