EM_GETSEL (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This message retrieves the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in an edit control.

Syntax

EM_GETSEL 
    wParam = (WPARAM)(LPDWORD) lpdwStart;
    lParam = (WPARAM)(LPDWORD) lpdwEnd;

Parameters

  • lpdwStart
    Long pointer to a 32-bit value that receives the starting position of the selection. This parameter can be NULL.
  • lpdwEnd
    Long pointer to a 32-bit value that receives the position of the first nonselected character after the end of the selection. This parameter can be NULL.

Return Value

The return value is a zero-based 32-bit value with the starting position of the selection in the low-order word and the position of the first character after the last selected character in the high-order word. If either of these values exceeds 65,535, the return value is –1.

Requirements

Header windows.h
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later

See Also

Reference

Edit Boxes Messages
EM_SETSEL