How to increase character limit in MFC static control

Question

We are using MFC static control in a dialog box to display some content to user. Both static control and dialog box are defined in a resource file (.rc) as LTEXT and DIALOG. Problem is if content is more than 256 character, it gets truncated. Does anyone know how can this limit be increased. The control and dialog box are old style.

Answer 1

You can vote for this problem here. Don't expect miracles, the resource compiler is neolithic. You'll have to work around it by using more than one static control or setting the text at runtime in the WM_INITDIALOG message handler. Don't overestimate the user's patience.