On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:15 UTC "Dave Saville"
wrote:

> I have a problem with an MLE and text scrolling. The field is defined
> with
> WS_VISIBLE | MLS_VSCROLL | MLS_BORDER
>
> it is one line deep.
>
> The help in the PM programmers guide & ref under WM_CHAR(MLE) says:
>
> "If the typing causes the cursor to go off the screen in any direction,
> the display is automatically scrolled. If word-wrap is on, text
> continues on a new line, otherwise, the screen is scrolled
> horizontally."
>
> This does not happen. I can happily type and nothing appears to
> happen, but hit the left arrow key and it jumps into view. Same with
> left/right arrow beyond what is visible. Cursor disappears until I hit
> the opposite arrow key and text jumps to the correct position.
>
> What am I missing?

What version of the libraries and headers are you using? CSET thru
Visualage 3 had several problems with the MLE - even the last version
shipped with VACPP 4 had scroll bar and focus change problems. Last
time I tried, the libraries with the 4.5 toolkit (most current ones I
have) were pretty good.

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On 17 Dec 2004 20:11:26 GMT, Will Honea wrote:

>
>
>On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:15 UTC "Dave Saville"
> wrote:
>
>> I have a problem with an MLE and text scrolling. The field is defined
>> with
>> WS_VISIBLE | MLS_VSCROLL | MLS_BORDER
>>
>> it is one line deep.
>>
>> The help in the PM programmers guide & ref under WM_CHAR(MLE) says:
>>
>> "If the typing causes the cursor to go off the screen in any direction,
>> the display is automatically scrolled. If word-wrap is on, text
>> continues on a new line, otherwise, the screen is scrolled
>> horizontally."
>>
>> This does not happen. I can happily type and nothing appears to
>> happen, but hit the left arrow key and it jumps into view. Same with
>> left/right arrow beyond what is visible. Cursor disappears until I hit
>> the opposite arrow key and text jumps to the correct position.
>>
>> What am I missing?
>
>What version of the libraries and headers are you using? CSET thru
>Visualage 3 had several problems with the MLE - even the last version
>shipped with VACPP 4 had scroll bar and focus change problems. Last
>time I tried, the libraries with the 4.5 toolkit (most current ones I
>have) were pretty good.

Sorry - Should have said - gcc 2.8.1 emx d

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On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:15 GMT, Dave Saville wrote:

> I have a problem with an MLE and text scrolling. The field is defined
> with
> WS_VISIBLE | MLS_VSCROLL | MLS_BORDER
>
> it is one line deep.
>
> The help in the PM programmers guide & ref under WM_CHAR(MLE) says:
>
> "If the typing causes the cursor to go off the screen in any direction,
> the display is automatically scrolled. If word-wrap is on, text
> continues on a new line, otherwise, the screen is scrolled
> horizontally."
>
> This does not happen. I can happily type and nothing appears to
> happen, but hit the left arrow key and it jumps into view. Same with
> left/right arrow beyond what is visible. Cursor disappears until I hit
> the opposite arrow key and text jumps to the correct position.
>
> What am I missing?

Probably nothing. PM is a bug ridden heap of ****, especially at the
outer edges of its functionality.

On Fri, 17 Dec 2004 15:03:15 UTC, "Dave Saville" wrote:

> I have a problem with an MLE and text scrolling. The field is defined
> with WS_VISIBLE | MLS_VSCROLL | MLS_BORDER it is one line deep.
>
> The help in the PM programmers guide & ref under WM_CHAR(MLE) says:
> "If the typing causes the cursor to go off the screen in any direction,
> the display is automatically scrolled. If word-wrap is on, text
> continues on a new line, otherwise, the screen is scrolled
> horizontally."
>
> This does not happen. I can happily type and nothing appears to
> happen, but hit the left arrow key and it jumps into view. Same with
> left/right arrow beyond what is visible. Cursor disappears until I hit
> the opposite arrow key and text jumps to the correct position.
>
> What am I missing?

When I first tried to duplicate this, I had no problem using e.exe
shrunk to a single line with wordwrap off. Now it works as it
should. However, I never had any problem when trying to edit a
folder's icon text. The edit window is an MLE with no scrollbars
and wordwrap off. One solution might be to get rid of the vertical
scrollbar. Another might be to look for MLN_PIXHORZOVERFLOW and
scroll the window yourself, perhaps using MLM_SETFIRSTCHAR.


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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:06:49 GMT, Rich Walsh wrote:

>When I first tried to duplicate this, I had no problem using e.exe
>shrunk to a single line with wordwrap off. Now it works as it
>should. However, I never had any problem when trying to edit a
>folder's icon text. The edit window is an MLE with no scrollbars
>and wordwrap off. One solution might be to get rid of the vertical
>scrollbar. Another might be to look for MLN_PIXHORZOVERFLOW and
>scroll the window yourself, perhaps using MLM_SETFIRSTCHAR.

Hmm, I can't not have the vertical scrollbar and wrap is off. Time to
turn on the stream debugger and see what signal gets sent when the
cursor goes out of sight. Just in case it is *not* MLN_PIXHORZOVERFLOW
:-)

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On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 09:21:21 GMT, Dave Saville wrote:

>
>
>On Sat, 18 Dec 2004 03:06:49 GMT, Rich Walsh wrote:
>
>>When I first tried to duplicate this, I had no problem using e.exe
>>shrunk to a single line with wordwrap off. Now it works as it
>>should. However, I never had any problem when trying to edit a
>>folder's icon text. The edit window is an MLE with no scrollbars
>>and wordwrap off. One solution might be to get rid of the vertical
>>scrollbar. Another might be to look for MLN_PIXHORZOVERFLOW and
>>scroll the window yourself, perhaps using MLM_SETFIRSTCHAR.
>
>Hmm, I can't not have the vertical scrollbar and wrap is off. Time to
>turn on the stream debugger and see what signal gets sent when the
>cursor goes out of sight. Just in case it is *not* MLN_PIXHORZOVERFLOW
>:-)

Turning off the vertical scrollbar does not fix the problem. How does
MLN_PIXHORZOVERFLOW get raised? WM_CONTROL?

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