[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-2310121 ] GetDlgItemText fails with no contents

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Bugs item #2310121, was opened at 2008-11-18 17:04
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Category: win32
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Tim Golden (tjgolden)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: GetDlgItemText fails with no contents

Initial Comment:
win32gui.GetDlgItemText returns an error if there is nothing in the control in question. I'm not sure if this is "correct" (since the docs say that zero is returned on failure) but I can't see how else to determine that the control has no contents.

I can work around the issue by catching the exception and assuming that there are no contents.

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