Gets the anchor and active inter-character positions of a selection, in that order
#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
_GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSelAA ( $hWnd )
| $hWnd | Handle to the control |
| Success: | an array in the format: $aArray[0] = Anchor $aArray[1] = Active |
| Failure: | sets the @error flag to non-zero. |
| @error: | -1 - no text is selected 101 - $hWnd is not a handle |
The first character of the text is after inter-character position 0.
_GUICtrlRichEdit_GetScrollPos, _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSel, _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel
Search EM_EXGETSEL in MSDN Library.
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
#include <WindowsStylesConstants.au3>
Global $g_idLbl_Msg, $g_hRichEdit
Example()
Func Example()
Local $hGui, $iMsg, $idBtn_Next, $iStep = 0
$hGui = GUICreate("Example (" & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, StringLen(".exe")) & ")", 320, 350, -1, -1)
$g_hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($hGui, "", 10, 10, 300, 220, _
BitOR($ES_MULTILINE, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL))
$g_idLbl_Msg = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 10, 235, 300, 60)
$idBtn_Next = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 270, 310, 40, 30)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
_GUICtrlRichEdit_SetText($g_hRichEdit, "Paragraph 1")
_GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel($g_hRichEdit, 7, 2)
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 = $idBtn_Next
$iStep += 1
Switch $iStep
Case 1
Report("1. Selection is high to low")
Case 2
_GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel($g_hRichEdit, 2, 7)
Report("2. Selection is low to high")
GUICtrlSetState($idBtn_Next, $GUI_DISABLE)
EndSwitch
EndSelect
WEnd
EndFunc ;==>Example
Func Report($sMsg)
Local $aRet = _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetSelAA($g_hRichEdit)
$sMsg = $sMsg & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Get function returns " & $aRet[0] & "," & $aRet[1]
GUICtrlSetData($g_idLbl_Msg, $sMsg)
EndFunc ;==>Report