Retrieves the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in an edit control.
#Include <GuiEdit.au3>
_GUICtrlEditGetSel($h_edit)
Parameters
| $h_edit | control id/control hWnd |
Return Value
| Success: | Returns an array containing the starting and ending selected positions, first element ($array[0]) contains the number of elements. |
| Failure: | Returns $EC_ERR if an error occurs. |
Remarks
$array[1] contains the starting position
Related
_GUICtrlEditReplaceSel, _GUICtrlEditSetSel
Example
#include <GUIConstants.au3>
#include <GuiEdit.au3>
opt('MustDeclareVars', 1)
Dim $myedit, $Status, $msg, $Btn_GET, $a_sel
GUICreate("Edit Get Line Count", 392, 254)
$myedit = GUICtrlCreateEdit("First line" & @CRLF, 140, 32, 121, 97, BitOR($ES_AUTOVSCROLL, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_MULTILINE))
GUICtrlSetLimit($myedit, 1500)
$Status = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 0, 234, 392, 20, BitOR($SS_SUNKEN, $SS_CENTER))
$Btn_GET = GUICtrlCreateButton("Get Sel", 150, 130, 90, 40, $BS_MULTILINE)
; will be append dont' forget 3rd parameter
GUICtrlSetData($myedit, "2nd line" & @CRLF & "3rd line" & @CRLF & "4th line" & @CRLF & _
"5th line" & @CRLF & "6th line" & @CRLF & "7th line" & @CRLF & "8th line" & @CRLF & "9th line", 1)
GUISetState()
; Run the GUI until the dialog is closed
While 1
$msg = GUIGetMsg()
Select
Case $msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
ExitLoop
Case $msg = $Btn_GET
$a_sel = _GUICtrlEditGetSel ($myedit)
If ($a_sel == $EC_ERR) Then
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Error getting sel positions")
ElseIf (IsArray($a_sel)) Then
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "Starting Pos: " & $a_sel[1] & " Ending Pos: " & $a_sel[2])
Else
GUICtrlSetData($Status, "")
EndIf
EndSelect
WEnd