Edit Boxes Messages (Windows CE 5.0)
The following table shows the edit box messages, with a description of the purpose of each.
| Programming element | Description |
|---|---|
| EM_CANUNDO | This message determines whether an edit-control operation can be undone; that is, whether the control can respond to the EM_UNDO message. |
| EM_CHARFROMPOS | This message retrieves the zero-based character index and zero-based line index of the character nearest the specified point in an edit control. |
| EM_EMPTYUNDOBUFFER | This message resets the undo flag of an edit control. |
| EM_FMTLINES | This message sets the inclusion flag for soft line-break characters on or off within a multiline edit control. |
| EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE | This message determines the uppermost visible line in an edit control. |
| EM_GETLIMITTEXT | This message retrieves the current text limit, in characters, for an edit control. |
| EM_GETLINE | This message copies a line of text from an edit control and places the text in a specified buffer. |
| EM_GETLINECOUNT | This message retrieves the number of lines in a multiline edit control. |
| EM_GETMARGINS | This message retrieves the widths of the left and right margins for an edit control. |
| EM_GETMODIFY | This message determines whether the contents of an edit control have been modified. |
| EM_GETPASSWORDCHAR | This message retrieves the password character displayed in an edit control when the user enters text. |
| EM_GETRECT | This message retrieves the formatting rectangle of an edit control. |
| EM_GETSEL | This message retrieves the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in an edit control. |
| EM_LIMITTEXT | This message limits the amount of text the user can enter into an edit control. |
| EM_LINEFROMCHAR | This message retrieves the index of the line that contains the specified character index in a multiline edit control. |
| EM_LINEINDEX | This message retrieves the character index of a line in a multiline edit control. |
| EM_LINELENGTH | This message retrieves the length of a line, in characters, in an edit control. |
| EM_LINESCROLL | This message scrolls the text vertically or horizontally in a multiline edit control. |
| EM_POSFROMCHAR | This message retrieves the coordinates of the specified character in an edit control. |
| EM_REPLACESEL | This message replaces the current selection in an edit control with the specified text. |
| EM_SCROLL | This message scrolls the text vertically in a multiline edit control. |
| EM_SCROLLCARET | This message scrolls the caret into view in an edit control. |
| EM_SETLIMITTEXT | This message limits the amount of text the user can enter into an edit control. |
| EM_SETMARGINS | This message sets the widths of the left and right margins for an edit control. |
| EM_SETMODIFY | This message sets or clears the modification flag for an edit control. |
| EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR | This message sets or removes a password character displayed in a single-line edit control when the user types text. |
| EM_SETREADONLY | This message sets or removes the read-only style (ES_READONLY) of an edit control. |
| EM_SETRECT | This message sets the formatting rectangle of a multiline edit control. |
| EM_SETRECTNP | This message sets the formatting rectangle of a multiline edit control. |
| EM_SETSEL | This message selects a range of characters in an edit control. |
| EM_SETTABSTOPS | This message sets the tab stops in a multiline edit control. |
| EM_UNDO | This message reverses the effect of the last edit control operation. |
| EN_CHANGE | This message indicates that the user has taken an action that could have altered text in an edit control. |
| EN_ERRSPACE | This message indicates that an edit control cannot allocate enough memory to meet a specific request. |
| EN_HSCROLL | This message indicates that the user clicked the horizontal scroll bar of an edit control. |
| EN_KILLFOCUS | This message indicates that an edit control lost the keyboard focus. |
| EN_MAXTEXT | This message indicates that the current text insertion has exceeded the specified number of characters for the edit control. |
| EN_SETFOCUS | This message indicates that an edit control received the keyboard focus. |
| EN_UPDATE | This message indicates that an edit control is about to display altered text. |
| EN_VSCROLL | This message indicates that the user clicked the vertical scroll bar of an edit control. |
| WM_CTLCOLOREDIT | This message notifies the parent window of an edit control when the control is about to be drawn. |
| WM_UNDO | This message reverses the effect of the last operation on an edit control. |
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