What is really the difference here? You can only get data from CEdit in the
form of text. Only then you can convert it to whatever you want. If it helps
you get it from CString, go for it; if not, do some other way. I suspect
converting from CString will be fine.

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Ajay Kalra
ajaykalra@yahoo.com

When you use the ClassWizard to add a new variable for the CEdit control,
there is an option where you can specify the type. It can be int, float,
double, CString, or any other you like (you may have a class that inherits
from CString or something).

You can have the variable for the CEdit control as a float, but then you
don't have much control in the way it is presented. If you want to format
the resulting number as you like, use a CString variable and the Format
method. If you don't care use it as a float (or into or double).

For reading the value the user inputs, you can do the same. Have it as a
float and so you don't need to do any type checking (it is done
automatically by VC++), or get it as a CString and convert the number using
atoi, atol or atof (integer, long or double).

Regards