Modifying Edit Controls

Many uses of edit controls require that your application explicitly substitute, insert, clear, or select text.

TEdit supports those operations, plus the ability to force the edit control to scroll.

TEdit member functions for modifying edit controls

Member function	Description
TEdit::Clear	Delete all text.
TEdit::DeleteSelection	Delete selected text.
TEdit::DeleteSubText	Delete a range of characters.
TEdit::DeleteLine	Delete a line of text.
TEdit::Insert	Insert text.
TEdit::Paste	Paste text from Clipboard.
TEdit::SetText	Replace all text.
TEdit::SetSelection	Select a range of text.
TEdit::Scroll	Scroll text.
TEdit::ClearModify	Clear the modified flag.
TEdit::Search	Search for text.
TEdit::SetRect or TEdit::SetRectNP	Set formatting rectangle.
TEdit::FormatLines	Turn on or off soft line breaks.
TEdit::SetTabStops	Set tab stops.
TEdit::SetHandle	Set local memory handle.
TEdit::SetPasswordChar	Set password character.
TEdit::SetReadOnly	Make the edit control read-only.
TEdit::SetWordBreakProc	Set word-breaking procedure.
TEdit::EmptyUndoBuffer	Empty undo buffer.

See Also

• Using Edit Controls
• Constructing Edit Controls
• Using the Clipboard and the Edit Menu
• Querying Edit Controls