Function Reference


_GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSel

Gets the low and high inter-character positions of a selection

#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
_GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSel ( $hWnd )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control

Return Value

Success: an array in the format [<low>, <high>].
Failure: sets the @error flag to non-zero.
@error: 101 - $hWnd is not a handle

Remarks

The first character of the text is after inter-character position 0.
If high = low, no text is selected.

Related

_GUICtrlRichEdit_Deselect, _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSelAA, _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSelText, _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetTextInLine, _GUICtrlRichEdit_IsTextSelected, _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel

See Also

Search EM_EXGETSEL in MSDN Library.

Example

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $g_idLblMsg, $g_hRichEdit

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hGui = GUICreate("RichEdit Get/Set Sel (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 320, 350, -1, -1)
        $g_hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($hGui, "This is a test.", 10, 10, 300, 220, _
                        BitOR($ES_MULTILINE, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $ES_NOHIDESEL))
        $g_idLblMsg = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 10, 235, 300, 60)
        Local $idBtnNext = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 270, 310, 40, 30)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        Local $iMsg, $iStep = 0, $iCp1
        While True
                $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
                Select
                        Case $iMsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_Destroy($g_hRichEdit) ; needed unless script crashes
                                ; GUIDelete()   ; is OK too
                                Exit
                        Case $iMsg = $idBtnNext
                                $iStep += 1
                                Switch $iStep
                                        Case 1
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel($g_hRichEdit, 0, 3)
                                                Report("1. Initial Character attributes at start of line 1 are")
                                        Case 2
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_AutoDetectURL($g_hRichEdit, True)
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText($g_hRichEdit, @CRLF & "http://www.autoitscript.com")
                                                $iCp1 = _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetFirstCharPosOnLine($g_hRichEdit, 2)
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel($g_hRichEdit, $iCp1, $iCp1 + 3)
                                                Report("2. Character attributes at start of line 2 are")
                                                GUICtrlSetState($idBtnNext, $GUI_DISABLE)
                                EndSwitch
                EndSelect
        WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Func Report($sMsg)
        Local $sRet = _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetCharAttributes($g_hRichEdit)
        $sMsg = $sMsg & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Char Attributes=" & $sRet
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idLblMsg, $sMsg)
EndFunc   ;==>Report