Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a ComboBox
#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBox_GetEditSel ( $hWnd )
| $hWnd | Control ID/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.
_GUICtrlComboBox_SetEditSel, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetEditSel
#include "Extras\HelpFileInternals.au3"
#include <GuiComboBox.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
Example()
Func Example()
; Create GUI
GUICreate("ComboBox Get/Set Edit Sel (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 296)
Local $idCombo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 2, 2, 396, 296)
_MemoCreate(2, 32, 396, 266, 0)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
; Add files
_GUICtrlComboBox_BeginUpdate($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