CEdit::CharFromPos

Call this function to retrieve the zero-based line and character indices of the character nearest the specified point in this CEdit control

int CharFromPos(
   CPoint pt 
) const;

Parameters

• pt
  The coordinates of a point in the client area of this CEdit object.

Return Value

The character index in the low-order WORD, and the line index in the high-order WORD.

Remarks

For more information, see EM_CHARFROMPOS in the Windows SDK.

Example

// CMyEdit inherits from CEdit
void CMyEdit::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
   int n = CharFromPos(point);
   int nLineIndex = HIWORD(n);
   int nCharIndex = LOWORD(n);
   TRACE(_T("nLineIndex = %d, nCharIndex = %d\r\n"), nLineIndex, nCharIndex);

   CEdit::OnLButtonDown(nFlags, point);
}

Requirements

Header: afxwin.h

See Also

Concepts

CEdit Class

CEdit Members

Hierarchy Chart

CEdit::PosFromChar