EM_LINELENGTH
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4/8/2010
This message retrieves the length of a line, in characters, in an edit control.
Syntax
EM_LINELENGTH
wParam = (WPARAM) ich;
lParam = 0;
Parameters
- ich
Specifies the character index of a character in the line whose length is to be retrieved when EM_LINELENGTH is sent to a multiline edit control. If this parameter is –1, the message returns the number of unselected characters on lines containing selected characters. For example, if the selection extended from the fourth character of one line through the eighth character from the end of the next line, the return value would be 10 to include three characters on the first line and seven on the next.
- lParam
Not used; set to 0.
Return Value
The return value is the length, in characters, of the line specified by the ich parameter when an EM_LINELENGTH message is sent to a multiline edit control. The return value is the length, in characters, of the text in the edit control when an EM_LINELENGTH message is sent to a single-line edit control.
Remarks
Use the EM_LINEINDEX message to retrieve a character index for a specified line number within a multiline edit control.
Requirements
| Header | windows.h |
| Windows Embedded CE | Windows CE 1.0 and later |
| Windows Mobile | Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later |