how to use GetDlgCtrlID

[ugly]

my app consists of a single dialog, the dialog contains a number of edit boxes.Each time a edit box is clicked i would like to obtain its resource id. I am not quite sure how to acheive this i know it involves use of GetDlgCtrlID
I have tried this but "hold" always seems to take the value zero.


void MyDialog::OnSetfocusEdit1()
{
// TODO: Add your control notification handler code here
int hold = this->GetDlgCtrlID();


}

grateful of any help martin

 

[dima2]

instead of "this" u should have a pointer to the edit itself
in your code you are asking GetDlgCtrlID to return the id of your dialog and not that of the edit

 

[ugly]

thank you dima that does make sense. I tried this and it works just fine but my problem is i have a large number of edit controls is there a alternative way to obtaining a pointer other than by stating its resource ID each time
int hold = GetDlgItem(IDC_EDIT1)->GetDlgCtrlID();

 

[dima2]

why would you want to have the id of the control?
there might be another way to achieve your goal