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EM_LINEINDEX (Compact 2013)

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3/28/2014

This message retrieves the character index of a line in a multiline edit control.

Syntax

EM_LINEINDEX 
    wParam = (WPARAM) line;
    lParam = 0;

Parameters

  • line
    Specifies the zero-based line number. A value of -1 specifies the line number of the current line, which is the line that contains the cursor.
  • lParam
    Not used; set to 0.

Return Value

The character index of the line specified in the line parameter, or -1 if the specified line number is greater than the number of lines in the edit control. The character index is the number of characters from the beginning of the edit control to the first character of the specified line.

Requirements

Header

windows.h

See Also

Reference

Edit Box Messages
EM_LINEFROMCHAR