CEdit::GetHandle
Call this function to retrieve a handle to the memory currently allocated for a multiple-line edit control.
HLOCAL GetHandle( ) const;
Return Value
A local memory handle that identifies the buffer holding the contents of the edit control. If an error occurs, such as sending the message to a single-line edit control, the return value is 0.
Remarks
The handle is a local memory handle and may be used by any of the Local Windows memory functions that take a local memory handle as a parameter.
GetHandle is processed only by multiple-line edit controls.
Call GetHandle for a multiple-line edit control in a dialog box only if the dialog box was created with the DS_LOCALEDIT style flag set. If the DS_LOCALEDIT style is not set, you will still get a nonzero return value, but you will not be able to use the returned value.
Note
GetHandle will not work with Windows 95/98. If you call GetHandle in Windows 95/98, it will return NULL. GetHandle will work as documented under Windows NT, versions 3.51 and later.
For more information, see EM_GETHANDLE in the Windows SDK.
Example
HLOCAL h = m_myEdit.GetHandle();
LPCTSTR lpszText = (LPCTSTR) ::LocalLock(h);
// Dump the text of the edit control.
AFXDUMP(lpszText);
::LocalUnlock(h);
Requirements
Header: afxwin.h