Function Reference


_GUICtrlRichEdit_ScrollLineOrPage

Scrolls the text down or up a line or a page

#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
_GUICtrlRichEdit_ScrollLineOrPage ( $hWnd, $sAction )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control
$sAction one of the following:
    "ld" - line down
    "lu" - line up
    "pd" - page down
    "pu" - page up

Return Value

Success: the number of lines actually scrolled (positive if down).
Failure: 0 and sets the @error flag to non-zero.
@error: 101 - $hWnd is not a handle
1021 - $sAction is not two characters
1022 - first character must be l or p
1023 - second character must be d or u

Remarks

This function is well behaved: it never scrolls such that lines beyond the last one are shown.

Related

_GUICtrlRichEdit_ScrollLines, _GUICtrlRichEdit_ScrollToCaret

See Also

Search EM_SCROLL in MSDN Library.

Example

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

Global $g_idLblMsg, $g_hRichEdit

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hGui, $iMsg, $idBtnNext, $iStep = 0
        $hGui = GUICreate("Example (" & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, StringLen(".exe")) & ")", 320, 350, -1, -1)
        $g_hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($hGui, "This is a test.", 10, 10, 300, 220, _
                        BitOR($ES_MULTILINE, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL))
        $g_idLblMsg = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 10, 235, 300, 60)
        $idBtnNext = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 270, 310, 40, 30)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        For $i = 1 To 20
                _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText($g_hRichEdit, "Line " & $i & @CRLF)
        Next
        _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText($g_hRichEdit, "Line 21")

        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 $iStep
                                        Case 1
                                                DoIt("lu", "Scrolled up a line")
                                        Case 2
                                                DoIt("pu", "Scrolled up a page")
                                        Case 3
                                                DoIt("pd", "Scrolled down a page")
                                        Case 4
                                                DoIt("pd", "Tried to scroll down another page")
                                                GUICtrlSetState($idBtnNext, $GUI_DISABLE)
                                EndSwitch
                EndSelect
        WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Func DoIt($sAction, $sMsg)
        Local $iQlines
        $iQlines = _GUICtrlRichEdit_ScrollLineOrPage($g_hRichEdit, $sAction)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idLblMsg, $sMsg & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Actually scrolled " & @CRLF & $iQlines & " lines")
EndFunc   ;==>DoIt