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'The current line is the line containing the caret. If there is a multi-line selection,
'the current line contains the 1st line of the selection,
'Primary Code:
'DDT method for textbox control. There is no DDT statement which will identify the
'caret position, so the %EM_GetSel message is required.
Control Send hDlg, %IDC_TextBox, %EM_LineFromChar, -1, 0 To LineNumber 'current line#, zero-based
Control Get Text hDlg, %IDC_TextBox To temp$
temp$ = Parse$(temp$,$crlf,LineNumber+1
'API method for any edit control
LineNumber = SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_LineFromChar, -1, 0) 'current line#, zero-based
SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_GetLine, LineNumber, StrPTR(temp$)) 'get text, specified line
'When using API with Edit Controls, remember that line numbers and char positions
'are zero-based. Also, character positions include $crlf at end of previous lines.
'Compilable Example: (Jose Includes)
#Compiler PBWin 9, PBWin 10
#Compile Exe
#Dim All
%Unicode=1
#Include "Win32API.inc"
Global hDlg, hEdit As Dword
%IDC_TextBox = 500
%IDC_ButtonDDT = 501
%IDC_ButtonAPI = 502
Function PBMain() As Long
Local style&
style& = %WS_Child Or %WS_Visible Or %ES_MultiLine Or %WS_VScroll Or %ES_AutoHScroll _
Or %WS_HScroll Or %ES_AutoVScroll Or %ES_WantReturn Or %ES_NoHideSel Or %WS_TabStop
Dialog New Pixels, 0, "Get Current Line Text",300,300,200,150, %WS_OverlappedWindow To hDlg
Control Add Button, hDlg, %IDC_ButtonDDT, "Get Current Line Text (DDT)",20,10,160,20
Control Add Button, hDlg, %IDC_ButtonAPI, "Get Current Line Text (API)",20,40,160,20
Control Add TextBox, hDlg, %IDC_TextBox, "Hello World"+$crlf+"Waiting ..."+$CrLf+"Goodbye World",20,70,160,80, style&, %WS_Ex_ClientEdge
Control Handle hDlg, %IDC_TextBox To hEdit
Dialog Show Modal hDlg Call DlgProc
End Function
CallBack Function DlgProc() As Long
Local LineNumber,LineIndex,LengthLine As Long, temp$
Select Case Cb.Msg
Case %WM_Command
Select Case Cb.Ctl
Case %IDC_ButtonDDT
'DDT method
Control Send hDlg, %IDC_TextBox, %EM_LineFromChar, -1, 0 To LineNumber 'current line#, zero-based
Control Get Text hDlg, %IDC_TextBox To temp$
temp$ = Parse$(temp$, $crlf,LineNumber+1) 'Parse$ uses one-based line numbers
? temp$
Case %IDC_ButtonAPI
'API method
LineNumber = SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_LineFromChar, -1, 0) 'current line#, zero-based
LineIndex = SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_LineIndex, LineNumber, 0) '1st char in LineNumber
LengthLine = SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_LineLength, LineIndex, 0) 'length of line containing LineIndex
temp$ = Space$(LengthLine)
SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_GetLine, LineNumber, StrPTR(temp$)) 'get text, specified line
? temp$
End Select
End Select
End Function
'gbs_00835
'Date: 03-10-2012
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