This example is the beginning of a function which processes the text which is displayed in the message text line.

#define INCL_WINDIALOGS
#include <OS2.H>
#define DID_MSGEDIT 900
void SelectMessageFromText(hwndDlg)
HWND    hwndDlg;
{
    char    szTemp[80];

    /* First get the edit text from the string */
    WinQueryDlgItemText(hwndDlg, DID_MSGEDIT, sizeof(szTemp),
            (PSZ)szTemp);
      /* . */
      /* . */
}