SetGadgetText gadget,text$

Parameters

gadget - A gadget handle
text$ - New text for the gadget

Description

SetGadgetText changes the current text of a gadget.

Note that this command only affects gadgets that actually contain text!

See also: SetGadgetFont, SetGadgetLayout, SetGadgetShape.

Example

; Create a window and some labels
win=CreateWindow("SetGadgetText Example",100,100,200,60,0,17)
timer=CreateTimer(10)
label=CreateLabel("Starting Up...",10,10,180,20,win)

; A basic event loop
Repeat
id = WaitEvent()
Select id
Case $803
Exit
Case $4001
SetGadgetText label,"Running for : " + TimerTicks(timer)/10.0 + " seconds"
End Select
Forever
End ; bye!

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