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Kixdemp wrote:

How can I read the contents of a file? I got the ReadFile() function, but none of it's parameters is a string! Does anyone know?

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std::string CMyDlg::GetText(UINT uiControl)
{
  //
  //	Get Window to the control
  //
  CWnd* pWnd = GetDlgItem(uiControl);
	
  if(pWnd)
  {
    std::string sTemp;

    //
    //  Get Text length and allocate buffer - the hard way :)
    //
    int iLen = pWnd->GetWindowTextLength();
    char* pBuffer = new char[iLen+1];
		
    //
    //	Get text and assing to string
    //
    pWnd->GetWindowText(pBuffer, iLen+1);		
    sTemp.assign(pBuffer, iLen);

    //
    //  Release the buffer
    //		
    delete pBuffer;

    return sTemp;
  }
  return "";
}

void CMyDlg::SetText(UINT uiControl, std::string sText)
{
  //
  //	Get Window to the control
  //
  CWnd* pWnd = GetDlgItem(uiControl);

  if(pWnd)
  {
    pWnd->SetWindowText(sText.data());
  }
}

void CMyDlg::AddText(std::string sAdd)
{
  std::string sText = GetText(IDC_MY_EDIT);
  sText += sAdd;
  SetText(IDC_MY_EDIT, sText);
}