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Function name : SetWindowText

Group: Window - Library: user32

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Changes the text of the specified window"s title bar (if it has one). If the specified window is a control, the text of the control is changed.

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Code examples:

Setting properties of the window: caption and user-defined value
How to position the GETPRINTER() dialog

Declaration:

BOOL SetWindowText(
  HWND hWnd,         // handle to window or control
  LPCTSTR lpString   // title or text
);  

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FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER SetWindowText IN user32;
	INTEGER hWnd,;
	STRING  lpString  

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Parameters:

hWnd [in] Handle to the window or control whose text is to be changed.

lpString [in] Pointer to a null-terminated string to be used as the new title or control text.

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Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is nonzero.

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