Placing Captions on Control Windows

 Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
Article ID: Q77750

The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) versions 3.1
  • Microsoft Win32 Application Programming Interface (API) included with: 

        - Microsoft Windows NT versions 3.5 and 3.51
    - Microsoft Windows 95 version 4.0

The SetWindowText() function can be used to place text into the caption bar specified for a control window. The control must have the WS_CAPTION style for the caption to be visible.

This technique does not work with edit controls because the SetWindowText() function specifies the contents of the edit control, not its caption.

Additional query words: 95
Keywords : UsrCtl kbhowto kbui
Version : WIN: 3.0, 3.1, 4.0; NT: 3.5 3.51
Platform : NT WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto

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Last reviewed: August 13, 1997
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