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C language => Windows questions => Topic started by: tpekar on October 30, 2012, 03:45:29 PM

Title: reversing EM_SETREADONLY
Post by: tpekar on October 30, 2012, 03:45:29 PM

If I use SetWindowLong to disable input to an edit control with style EM_SETREADONLY, how do I reverse it to once again allow input to the edit control?  EM_UNDO doesn't seem to work.

Title: Re: reversing EM_SETREADONLY
Post by: tpekar on October 30, 2012, 04:29:36 PM

Got it figured out.  Just needed to use SendMessage instead of SetWindowLong to set EM_SETREADONLY.  The third parameter sets the read only attribute based on a 1 or 0 (zero).

Title: Re: reversing EM_SETREADONLY
Post by: CommonTater on October 30, 2012, 04:47:42 PM

You can also use EnableWindow() which is faster, greys the window and prevents tabbing to it when it's disabled.

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