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how can I make this edit box

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koeicjm

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I want to make an edit control like the edit box of the excel which is at the tools bar . when input words are longer than the length of the line ,it can resize the edit box , how can I do it?
 
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On EN_UPDATE, use GetTextExtentPoint32 to determine the length of the content, then resize it accordingly with SetWindowPos.

[sub]I REALLY hope that helps.[/sub]
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