Thread: Sending text to an edit box

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    Sending text to an edit box

    Is there a way to send text to the edit box using SendMessage without sending it to the clipboard first, like sending the contents of a buffer to the edit box using SendMessage?

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    WM_SETTEXT to the control or call SetWindowText()
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