Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a ComboBox
#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetEditSel ( $hWnd )
| $hWnd | Handle to the control |
| Success: | an array in the following format: [0] - Starting position [1] - Ending position |
| Failure: | sets the @error flag to non-zero. |
If the message is sent to a ComboBox with the $CBS_DROPDOWN or $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST style the Function will fail.
#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiImageList.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
Global $g_idMemo
Example()
Func Example()
; Create GUI
Local $hGUI = GUICreate("ComboBoxEx Get/Set Edit Sel (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 300)
Local $hCombo = _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_Create($hGUI, "", 2, 2, 394, 70, BitOR($CBS_SIMPLE, $WS_VSCROLL, $WS_BORDER))
$g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 72, 396, 226, 0)
GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
Local $hImage = _GUIImageList_Create(16, 16, 5, 3)
_GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 110)
_GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 131)
_GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 165)
_GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 168)
_GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 137)
_GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 146)
_GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0xFF0000, 16, 16))
_GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x00FF00, 16, 16))
_GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x0000FF, 16, 16))
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetImageList($hCombo, $hImage)
; Add strings
For $x = 0 To 8
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_AddString($hCombo, StringFormat("%03d : string",$x), $x, $x)
Next
;Set Cur Sel
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetCurSel($hCombo, 5)
;Set Edit Sel
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetEditSel($hCombo, 0, 4)
;Get Edit Sel
Local $aSel = _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetEditSel($hCombo)
MemoWrite(StringFormat("Selected: [%d][%d]", $aSel[0], $aSel[1]))
Do
Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc ;==>Example
; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc ;==>MemoWrite