SAMPLE: EdtInfo.exe Retrieves Text Box Status w/Win Messages

ID: Q103337

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) for Windows version 3.1

SUMMARY

EdtInfo.exe is a sample file that demonstrates how to access retrieval information from a Microsoft(R) Visual Basic(TM) application. It uses Microsoft Windows(TM) functions to retrieve information about the status of a text box. The Visual Basic language does not provide this capability.

MORE INFORMATION

The following file is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library:

 ~ EdtInfo.exe (size: 21257 bytes)

For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

EDIT_INFO allows you to use the Windows message constants listed below for the following tasks:

EM_GETLINE: Copy a specific line of text from the edit control.
EM_GETLINECOUNT: Retrieve the number of lines within the edit control.
EM_GETSEL: Position the cursor at a specific character location.
EM_LINEFROMCHAR: Retrieve the line number of a specific character location.
EM_LINEINDEX: Retrieve the number of lines prior to a specified character position.
EM_LINELENGTH: Retrieve the number of characters in a specified line.
EM_REPLACESEL: Replace the specified text with another text string.

For information on specifying the amount of text allowed within a text control, search the Knowledge Base for EM_LIMITTEXT.

For information on setting tab stops within a control, search the Knowledge Base for EM_SETTABSTOPS.

EDIT_INFO was built and tested under Microsoft Windows version 3.1 and Visual Basic version 3.0.

Additional query words: Keywords : kbfile kbsample kb16bitonly kbCtrl kbEditCtrl kbGrpUser kbWinOS310 kbWinOS311

Last Reviewed: December 24, 1998