Why is text highlighted in GUICtrlCreateEdit?

[timmy2]

I want to open and display a text file in a Window.  The following test script does it for me, but when the window appears the text is highlighted (the text is selected). I must click on the text to deselect it.  What is causing it to be pre-selected and how can I fix this?  Thank you.

 

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$sBody = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\mailbody.txt")


Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Test GUI", 600,300)
GUICtrlCreateEdit($sBody, 5, 5, 590, 295, $WS_VSCROLL + $ES_READONLY)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

Local $iMsg = 0
While 1
    $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iMsg
       Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "GUI Event", "You selected the Close button. Exiting...")
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

GUIDelete($hGUI)

 

[MikahS]

Give focus to the control, like so:

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>


$sBody = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\mailbody.txt")


Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Test GUI", 600,300)
Local $edit = GUICtrlCreateEdit($sBody, 5, 5, 590, 295, $WS_VSCROLL + $ES_READONLY)
GUICtrlSetState($edit, $GUI_FOCUS) ; give focus to the edit ctrl
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

Local $iMsg = 0
While 1
    $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iMsg
       Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "GUI Event", "You selected the Close button. Exiting...")
            ExitLoop
    EndSwitch
WEnd

GUIDelete($hGUI)

 

[timmy2]

Give focus to the control, like so:

Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Test GUI", 600,300)
Local $edit = GUICtrlCreateEdit($sBody, 5, 5, 590, 295, $WS_VSCROLL + $ES_READONLY)
GUICtrlSetState($edit, $GUI_FOCUS) ; give focus to the edit ctrl
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

 

Thank you, MikahS !

[MikahS]

My pleasure. 

[kylomas]

@‌MikahS - Thanks, I've always done it this way...

#include <Constants.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <EditConstants.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

$sBody = FileRead(@ScriptDir & "\mailbody.txt")

Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Test GUI", 600,300)
Local $edit = GUICtrlCreateEdit('', 5, 5, 590, 290, $WS_VSCROLL + $ES_READONLY)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

guictrlsetdata($edit,$sBody)    ;   must be after GuiSetState()

Local $iMsg = 0
While 1
    $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
    Switch $iMsg

       Case $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
            ;MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "GUI Event", "You selected the Close button. Exiting...")
            ExitLoop

    EndSwitch

WEnd



GUIDelete($hGUI)

kylomas