I've been working on my Win32 skills (not to say I'll be abandoning Acknex, ), and I've come at a problem. I don't know exactly how to set up a function that will load the content of a text file into an edit box (basically like NotePad).

I have this function that I copied precisely from the tutorial that I'm working from:

Code:

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BOOL LoadTextToEdit(HWND hEdit,LPCSTR pszFileName)
{
	HANDLE hFile;
	BOOL bSuccess= FALSE;
	
	hFile= CreateFile(pszFileName,GENERIC_READ,FILE_SHARE_READ,NULL,
		OPEN_EXISTING,0,NULL);
	if(hFile!= INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE)
	{
		DWORD dwFileSize;
		
		dwFileSize= GetFileSize(hFile,NULL);
		if(dwFileSize!= 0xFFFFFFFF)
		{
			LPSTR pszFileText;
			
			pszFileText= GlobalAlloc(GPTR,dwFileSize + 1);
			if(pszFileText!= NULL)
			{
				DWORD dwRead;
				
				if(ReadFile(hFile,pszFileText,dwFileSize,&dwRead,NULL))
				{
					pszFileText[dwFileSize]= 0;
					if(SetWindowText(hEdit,pszFileText))
						bSuccess= TRUE;
				}
				GlobalFree(pszFileText);
			}
		}
		CloseHandle(hFile);
	}
	return bSuccess;
}

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It has a great deal of error checking, and I think that's where the problem lies. Can anyone tell me how to set this up properly in Lite-C Legacy?

EDIT: If this belongs more in the Higher Languages forum, then feel free to move it.

Nobody?

I'm wondering if there's something wrong with the forums or my browser, because I haven't gotten any responses in any of the most recent threads I've posted. Granted, I solved some of those problems on my own, but I'm really stumped with this one. I've never worked with the Windows API before until just a few days ago, and I really would like to know how to actually use this function.

I'll give you the real scoop: it's opening the Open window, but if I double-click on a file (or type it into the filename bar), it doesn't open. I'm thinking that the reason is that this function isn't working properly. I guess I haven't been clear enough..

Maybe I should take this to Higher Languages or even MSDN?