CEikRichTextEditor - SetTextL does not work!

[asepm]

My code to insert text into a CEikRichTextEditor is as follows.

void CPengawasContainer3::ConstructL( 
		const TRect& aRect, 
		const CCoeControl* aParent, 
		MEikCommandObserver* aCommandObserver )
	{
	if ( aParent == NULL )
	    {
		CreateWindowL();
	    }
	else
	    {
	    SetContainerWindowL( *aParent );
	    }
	iFocusControl = NULL;
	iCommandObserver = aCommandObserver;
	InitializeControlsL();
	iRichTextEditor = new (ELeave)CEikRichTextEditor();
	iRichTextEditor->SetContainerWindowL(*this);
	TResourceReader reader;
	iCoeEnv->CreateResourceReaderLC(reader, R_RICH_TEXT_EDITOR);
    iRichTextEditor->ConstructFromResourceL(reader);
	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy();
	iRichTextEditor->SetRect(aRect);
	iRichTextEditor->SetFocus(ETrue);
	iRichTextEditor->SetCursorPosL(0,EFalse);
    // Create the scrollbar for the editor
    iScrollBarFrame = iRichTextEditor->CreateScrollBarFrameL();
    // Set horizontal scrollbar invisible (EOff) and vertical scrollbar
    // visible (EOn)
    iScrollBarFrame->SetScrollBarVisibilityL(CEikScrollBarFrame::EOff,
        CEikScrollBarFrame::EOn);
	// [[[ begin generated region: do not modify [Post-ActivateL initializations]
	// ]]] end generated region [Post-ActivateL initializations]
	SetRect( aRect );
	ActivateL();
	LoadText();
	}

void CPengawasContainer3::LoadText()
	{
	_LIT(KBarisPertama, "Baris pertama\r\n");
	_LIT(KBarisKedua, "Baris kedua\r\n");
	_LIT(KBarisKetiga, "Baris ketiga\r\n");
	_LIT(KBarisKeempat, "Baris keempat");
	HBufC16* buf16 = HBufC16::NewL(100);
	CleanupStack::PushL(buf16);
	TPtr16 ptr(buf16->Des());
	ptr.Copy(KBarisPertama);
	ptr.Append(KBarisKedua);
	ptr.Append(KBarisKetiga);
	ptr.Append(KBarisKeempat);
	iRichTextEditor->SetTextL(buf16);
	//iRichTextEditor->HandleTextChangedL(); //using this doesn't help
	CleanupStack::PopAndDestroy(buf16);
	//iRichTextEditor->DrawNow();  //it doesn't help, either
	/*TBuf<100> aTeks;
	iRichTextEditor->GetText(aTeks);
	iEikonEnv->InfoWinL(_L("Teks"), aTeks);*/
	}

How come the editor does not automatically display the text loaded into it? It does only when I hit the Left-Right arrow key. FYI, the editor is placed in a tabbed view.

Your help to this "trivial" prob is greatly appreciated.

[symbianyucca]

you could try calling DrawNow() after setting the text.

[asepm]

thanks for your very prompt reply, yucca. however, as i indicated on the code above, it really doesn't work. the text shows up ONLY after i hit either the left or right arrow key (even on the device). please let me know which part i am missing or what i could've done wrong.

as always, i raise my questions (two threads so far) on DiBo ONLY after i get really tired of browsing the search results and googling but end up finding no effective answers.

[symbianyucca]

You are not calling DrawNow() after setting the text, so its unclear whether you did try it.. if not, please do.

Also do check that the CCoeControl based container does return the internal controls(i.e. implement ComponentArrayExists() & ComponentControl(TInt)), including the editor when asked , otherwise the drawing will of course not work right.

Also, you could try working with CRichText object of the editor.

[asepm]

dear, yucca. i commented out that "DrawNow()" part because it didn't work. and after i noticed your very prompt suggestion, i removed the comment and...it still didn't work. please help. i know you're a master, i've been using your Y-Tasks and Y-Browser on a daily basis. they really help with my personal project which has been around for 1 month.
well, gotta try the CRichText (or CEikEdwin, if it supports multiline text) object anyway.

[symbianyucca]

You could maybe check one of my old examples: http://www.developer.nokia.com/Commu...tor_in_Symbian it at least have worked just fine earlier.

[asepm]

Your code snippet could not compile which was only due to that undefined "StatusLineHeight" identifier, exactly as what was informed by someone else: "To use this example it is essential to know how StatusLineHeight is obtained. This is not shown in the example?". In addition, my tab view disappeared upon entering that particular view.
To get rid of the glitch related to the "unknown" identifier , I replaced it with a constant and it worked like a charm (not really, actually). To add more lines, I removed the "iEditor->RichText()->Reset();" part. My question: how do I get my tab back when I'm in that view containing the editor? Another thing I will try to overcome myself is the order of the additional texts which are before the earlier ones.
Sorry for the bother and thanks for your kind help so far. I'm a newbie, having leart Symbian for just one month or so now. I come from RAD programming tools such as Delphi (over 10 years) and VB... Not really great in those environments, though.

[chenziteng]

Part of the wiki code snippet seems copied from the rich text editor example published by Nokia, check it out to know what exactly the StatusLineHeight is, and I suggest that you start from the working example.

If you are using the Carbide.c++ UI Designer (In your code I see comments like "[[[ begin generated region:"), then another good way is to drag/drop a rich text editor from the pallette to your container, and then replace the SetTextL statement with your own.

Either way is better than writing code from scratch.

Just some wild guesses: will it be better if you switch LoadText(); and ActivateL(); ? or adding the EEikEdwinNoAutoSelection flag (avoid highlight issue)? If you don't have special requirement on the text format then maybe you can use CEikEdwin instead?

BR/Ziteng

[savaj]

Debug and check what exactly you are passing to

iRichTextEditor->SetRect(aRect);

in ConstructL and SizeChanged method.