Get the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a combo box.
#Include <GuiCombo.au3>
_GUICtrlComboGetEditSel($h_combobox)
Parameters
| $h_combobox | control id/control hWnd |
Return Value
Array containing the starting and ending selected positions, first element ($array[0]) contains the number of elements
Remarks
$array[1] - starting position
Related
_GUICtrlComboSetEditSel
Example
#include <GuiConstants.au3>
#include <GuiCombo.au3>
opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)
Dim $Combo, $Btn_Exit, $msg, $Status
GUICreate("ComboBox Get Edit Sel", 392, 254)
$Combo = GUICtrlCreateCombo("", 70, 10, 270, 100, $CBS_SIMPLE)
GUICtrlSetData($Combo, "AutoIt|v3|is|freeware|BASIC-like|scripting|language", "freeware")
$Btn_Exit = GUICtrlCreateButton("Exit", 150, 200, 90, 30)
$Status = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 234, 392, 20, BitOR($SS_SUNKEN, $SS_CENTER))
GUISetState()
Local $a_sel = _GUICtrlComboGetEditSel($Combo)
If (IsArray($a_sel)) Then
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Chars Position Selected From: " & $a_sel[1] & " To: " & $a_sel[2])
EndIf
While 1
$msg = GUIGetMsg()
Select
Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE Or $msg = $Btn_Exit
ExitLoop
EndSelect
WEnd
Exit