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EM_GETSEL (Windows CE 5.0)

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This message retrieves the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in an edit control.

EM_GETSEL wParam = (WPARAM)(LPDWORD)lpdwStart;lParam = (WPARAM)(LPDWORD)lpdwEnd;

Parameters

  • lpdwStart
    Long pointer to a 32-bit value that receives the starting position of the selection. This parameter can be NULL.
  • lpdwEnd
    Long pointer to a 32-bit value that receives the position of the first nonselected character after the end of the selection. This parameter can be NULL.

Return Values

The return value is a zero-based 32-bit value with the starting position of the selection in the low-order word and the position of the first character after the last selected character in the high-order word. If either of these values exceeds 65,535, the return value is –1.

Requirements

OS Versions: Windows CE 1.0 and later.
Header: Windows.h.

See Also

EM_SETSEL | Edit Boxes Messages

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