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Re: Text truncation

On 7/31/03 8:20 AM, Frank Vyncke didst favor us with:

> Hi,
>
> I have a static text control where the content is longer than the available
> space on screen.
> Therefore, I would like to give the user feedback that the text was
> truncated at the end/middle.
>
> I tried to use the kControlStaticTextTruncTag control property, but that
> seems not to have any effect on the result on screen.
> Does this property on controls actually work, or is it better to use some
> explicit truncation stuff like TruncateThemeText ?

It *should* truncate the text and insert an ellipsis. As I recall, there's a
bug in some versions of the OS in which this doesn't happen, but I can't
remember which version(s). What version of the OS are you using?

Larry
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