The read/write ability is an attribute of the control (the widget), not the text itself. I'm not familiar with the perl bindings here, so I don't know if ->articletext-> refers to the widget, or the text.

The WS_ stands for Window Style, a Win32 staple constant. You should be able to adjust that style at runtime, but you will need to tell the control that the style has changed. Typically, both tasks are done at once with a special method (message) you invoke on the control itself, but in a pinch, there's a generic "style changed" message.

Again, not familiar with the Win32:: perl binding module, but that's a meager start. The docs I've seen are not particularly helpful, either.

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In reply to Re: Change readonly status of Win32::GUI::RichEdit by halley
in thread Change readonly status of Win32::GUI::RichEdit by ChrisR

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