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neatest way to add multiline text to wxMessageDialog
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bdad:
I need to show the message dialog with 6 or 7 sentences on separate lines (accessed by a help button on the menu).
If I place them (using the \n for new line) into the 'MessageDialog1 = new wxMessageDialog' line, then the that line becomes rather long, making it awkward to modify during development.
What is a simple way of creating the wxString to be inserted therein, that shows a similar layout within the code as in the final message box on screen? I'm new to c++, newer still to wxWidgets/codeblocks so an example of the code to create the wxString would be nice. Thanks.
Miguel Gimenez:
This is nearly OT here.
You can append wxStrings
--- Code: ---wxString LongMessage(
wxString("First line\n")+
wxString("Second line"));
--- End code ---
or
--- Code: ---wxString LongMessage;
LongMessage << "First line\n";
LongMessage << "Second line";
--- End code ---
or use the preprocessor string chaining feature
--- Code: ---wxString LongMessage(
"First line\n"
"Second line");
--- End code ---
EDIT: The last form is the best if you intend to use _() for translations, because you will get a full paragraph in POedit.
--- Code: ---wxString LongMessage(_(
"First line\n"
"Second line"));
--- End code ---
bdad:
Thanks. I'd spent ages struggling with different 'solutions' I'd found, and inventing a few of my own, to no avail, probably because I don't notice the detail in the syntax. I'm not sure as to why it would be OT,
Miguel Gimenez:
It is OT because it is not related to C::B, but to plain C or wxWidgets.
bdad:
OK. Thanks for your answer. I'll have to try to differentiate, and sign up to a wxWidget forum.
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