CEdit::GetSel

DWORDGetSel()const;

voidGetSel(int&nStartChar,int&nEndChar)const;

Return Value

The version that returns a DWORD returns a value that contains the starting position in the low-order word and the position of the first nonselected character after the end of the selection in the high-order word.

Parameters

nStartChar

Reference to an integer that will receive the position of the first character in the current selection.

nEndChar

Reference to an integer that will receive the position of the first nonselected character past the end of the current selection.

Remarks

Call this function to get the starting and ending character positions of the current selection (if any) in an edit control, using either the return value or the parameters.

For more information, see in the Win32 documentation.

Example

// The pointer to my edit.
extern CEdit* pmyEdit;

// Set the selection to be all characters after the current selection.
DWORD dwSel = pmyEdit->GetSel();
pmyEdit->SetSel(HIWORD(dwSel), -1);

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See Also   CEdit::SetSel