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CEdit::GetLimitText

Call this member function to get the text limit for this CEdit object.

UINT GetLimitText( ) const;

Return Value

The current text limit, in bytes, for this CEdit object.

Remarks

The text limit is the maximum amount of text, in bytes, that the edit control can accept.

Note

This member function is available beginning with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.

For more information, see EM_GETLIMITTEXT in the Windows SDK.

Example

CString strText(_T("I'm an edit control!"));
UINT nLength = strText.GetLength() * sizeof(TCHAR);

// Want the text limit to be at least the size of the new string.
if (m_myEdit.GetLimitText() < nLength)
   m_myEdit.SetLimitText(nLength);

m_myEdit.SetWindowText(strText);

Requirements

Header: afxwin.h

See Also

Reference

CEdit Class

Hierarchy Chart

CEdit::SetLimitText

CEdit::LimitText

Other Resources

CEdit Members