Function Reference


_GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditSel

Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a ComboBox

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditSel ( $hWnd )

Parameters

$hWnd Control ID/Handle to the control

Return Value

Success: an array in the following format:
    [0] - Starting position
    [1] - Ending position
Failure: sets the @error flag to non-zero.

Remarks

If the message is sent to a ComboBox with the $CBS_DROPDOWN or $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST style the Function will fail.

Related

_GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditSel, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetEditSel

Example

#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>

Global $g_idMemo

Example()

Func Example()
        ; Create GUI
        GUICreate("ComboBox Get/Set Edit Sel (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 296)
        Local $idCombo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 2, 2, 396, 296)
        $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 32, 396, 266, 0)
        GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        ; Add files
        _GUICtrlComboBox_BeginUpdate($idCombo)
        _GUICtrlComboBox_AddDir($idCombo, @WindowsDir & "\*.exe")
        _GUICtrlComboBox_EndUpdate($idCombo)

        ; Select Item
        _GUICtrlComboBox_SetCurSel($idCombo, 2)

        ; Set Edit Sel
        _GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditSel($idCombo, 0, 4)

        ; Get Edit Sel
        Local $aSel = _GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditSel($idCombo)
        MemoWrite(StringFormat("Edit Sel: %d - %d", $aSel[0], $aSel[1]))

        ; Loop until the user exits.
        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
        GUIDelete()
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite