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Inside Macintosh: Macintosh Toolbox Essentials /

Chapter 5 - Control Manager / Control Manager Reference

Control Manager Routines / Determining Control Values

GetControlTitle
To determine the title of a control, use the GetControlTitle procedure. The GetControlTitle procedure is also available as the GetCTitle procedure.
PROCEDURE GetControlTitle (theControl: ControlHandle; 
                           VAR title: Str255);
theControl
A handle to the control whose title you want to determine.
title
The title of the control.

DESCRIPTION
The GetControlTitle procedure returns the specified control title, which is stored in the contrlTitle field of the control record.
When you create a control, you specify an initial title either in the control resource or in the title parameter of the NewControl function. You can change the title by using the SetControlTitle procedure.