adding text to an edit control

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  1. 10-26-2001 #1
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    adding text to an edit control

    How do you append text to an edit control. ?

    SetWindowText() removes old text and adds the new text... i need to append...

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    So call GetWindowText() to get what is there already, strcat the new and then SetWindowText().

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    oops ... didnt think of that...
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