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MarkTrubo

OK, so I have an EDIT element in a dialog:

DIALOG ADD,EDIT,EDIT6,380,10,340,155,,"Choose from the pre-set cover copy"@CR()"with the drop down list and"@CR()"customize if you want to."STYLE14,MULTI,WRAP,SCROLL

but I need to limit the number of lines that are in it total -- since the use can add info to my cover sheet template text. Any quick way to know how many lines of copy are in the EDIT?

Mac · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 10:36 pm Post subject:

Here's the method I used in my text editor.
Change E1 to your edit box name...

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1562

list create,1
list create,2
list add,1,@dlgtext(edit1)
list assign,2,1
warn @count(2)
list close,2
list close,1

MarkTrubo · Posted: Tue Feb 18, 2003 11:17 pm Post subject:

Thanks guys! I love when there are multiple good solutions!!!

MarkTrubo · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:29 pm Post subject:

Mac's solution works nice -- PGWARE's does not take into account the line wraps and counts the actual number of lines w/o breaks.

OK, now I would like to get the contents into a list like PGWARE suggested, but with the line breaks as the show in my dialog. Simple ways to do this?

Mac had a way to split stuff up to a certain with with the breaks at the right places (http://www.vdsworld.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=931), but that was not necessarily the way to break it as shown on the dialog. Thoughts?

Mac · Posted: Wed Feb 19, 2003 1:51 pm Post subject:

Try this:

LIST ASSIGN, 1, @dlgtext(Edit1)

Cheers, Mac Smile