Re: Undo/Redo and text controls - setting text in code

[T Lee Davidson <t.lee.davidson@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 1/13/25 7:11 PM, BB wrote:
> Hi all 'n happy 25
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> Is there a way to set the text of a textbox or textarea in the project code and get that change appended into the undo/redo chain?
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> I have some shortcuts via control_KeyPress that insert text into the control's text but that doesn't get it into that chain. For 
> example, I want to use ALT+D to insert a "diary tag" (the date and the user) at the front of the text.
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> tia
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> bruce

Just FYI, I thought perhaps using Desktop.SendKeys instead of inserting the text directly. But, that apparently also triggers 
control.KeyPress and causes a recursive loop.


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Lee

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