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Windows NT
Yes
Win95
Yes
Win32s
Yes
Import Library
user32.lib
Header File
winuser.h
Unicode
No
Platform Notes
None

GetDlgItemInt

The GetDlgItemInt function translates the text of a specified control in a dialog box into an integer value.

UINT GetDlgItemInt(

HWND hDlg,
// handle to dialog box
int nIDDlgItem,
// control identifier
BOOL *lpTranslated,
// points to variable to receive success/failure indicator
BOOL bSigned
// specifies whether value is signed or unsigned
);

Parameters

hDlg

Handle to the dialog box that contains the control of interest.

nIDDlgItem

Dialog item identifier that specifies the control whose text is to be translated.

lpTranslated

Points to a Boolean variable that receives a function success/failure value. TRUE indicates success, FALSE indicates failure.

This parameter is optional: it can be NULL. In that case, the function returns no information about success or failure.

bSigned

Specifies whether the function should examine the text for a minus sign at the beginning and return a signed integer value if it finds one. TRUE specifies that this should be done, FALSE that it should not.

Return Values

If the function succeeds, the variable pointed to by lpTranslated is set to TRUE, and the return value is the translated value of the control text.

If the function fails, the variable pointed to by lpTranslated is set to FALSE, and the return value is zero. Note that, since zero is a possible translated value, a return value of zero does not by itself indicate failure.

If lpTranslated is NULL, the function returns no information about success or failure.

If the bSigned parameter is TRUE, specifying that the value to be retrieved is a signed integer value, cast the return value to an int type.

Remarks

The GetDlgItemInt function retrieves the text of the given control by sending the control a WM_GETTEXT message. The function translates the retrieved text by stripping any extra spaces at the beginning of the text and then converting the decimal digits. The function stops translating when it reaches the end of the text or encounters a nonnumeric character.

If the bSigned parameter is TRUE, the GetDlgItemInt function checks for a minus sign (pics/WIN3200090000.gif) at the beginning of the text and translates the text into a signed integer value. Otherwise, the function creates an unsigned integer value.

The GetDlgItemInt function returns zero if the translated value is greater than INT_MAX (for signed numbers) or UINT_MAX (for unsigned numbers).

See Also

GetDlgCtrlID
, GetDlgItem, GetDlgItemText, SetDlgItemInt

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