How to clear text of static text mfc?

Asked By Debra Carter 20 points N/A Posted on - 10/14/2012

Hello experts,

How to clear text of static text mfc? I don’t know how to perform this kind of clearing text. I need your guidance or step by step instruction to get this done properly. There are some instances that it will not be cleared but I hope this time it will.

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Answered By Sierra Adams 10 points N/A #172108

How to clear text of static text mfc?

 

Hi Debra, 

You can use following method to clear the text.

First get the item by calling GetDlgItem method. For example

  CWnd* pWindow = GetDlgItem(IDC_Label_STATIC);

Then Setting its text my using the following code

 pWindow->SetDlgItemTextW(IDC_Label_STATIC, _T(""));

Other way to do this is to declare the variable as static, then initializing it as static control and then changing the value.

CStatic *Static_text;  

Static_text = new CStatic; 

Static_text->Create("I'm a static", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE,

         CRect(3, 4, 11, 18), this, 900); 

 void CPlotDlg::OnBnClickedButton1()

{

Static_text->SetWindowText("I'm changed");

}

I hope it will help you.

Thank you

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