How to get tab character (\t) to work in MFC? 1

[Rmck87]

Ok, so I have been trying to get a tab in a CString of an edit control, but no matter what method I use, I get the little square character that appears instead. What's going on? How do I get a tab?

Of course I have tried using \t in my CString, and I have tried other things as well. I have searched all over tek-tips and the web as well as MSDN but I cannot find anyone with this same problem. Is this just me?

Any help would be great! Thanks!

- Ryan

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[uolj]

The control has to be setup to handle the tab character. I don't know if there is a specific setting for it, but all my multi-line edit controls show the tab properly and all the single line controls show the square character.

 

[Rmck87]

Wow! I never even thought of that. There is actually a specific setting on the control itself, called "Use Tabstops". It works, Thanks!

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