subclassed richedit to handle wm_char
I'm trying to figure out how to make a rich edit control auto indent by inserting the same number of tab characters in a new line as the previous line has. (like block indent in a code editor) I've figured out how to get it done by subtracting 1 and then dividing point.y by 16 to get the correct line number. The problem with this is if the font size (and probably the typeface) is changed 16 will no longer be the correct value. So, I created a CHARFORMAT and retrieved the settings of the font to the RichEDIT control. The value of the yHeight member is 195. Could somebody please explain exactly what 195 means if there's a way to convert it to logical units which is what the y member of a POINT is.
I'm posting the subclass procedure in case you need to see what I'm trying to do. This is my first attempt at programming so in advance, please forgive me for my cryptic coding style. And I'm not looking for someone to do the work for me, just point me in the right direction and I'll get it done.
Code:
LRESULT CALLBACK MDIChildEditProc(HWND hwnd, UINT msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
switch(msg)
{
case WM_CHAR:
switch(wParam)
{
case 0x0D:
{
POINT point; //the y member starts at 1 and increments by 16
int num = 0;
BOOL bAdd = TRUE;
CHARFORMAT cF; //the yHeight member becomes 195 after I press enter
cF.cbSize = sizeof(CHARFORMAT);
cF.dwMask = CFM_SIZE;
GetCaretPos(&point);
SendMessage(hwnd, EM_GETCHARFORMAT, (WPARAM)TRUE, (LPARAM)&cF);
int iLength = SendMessage(hwnd, EM_LINELENGTH, (WPARAM)(point.y-1)/16, 0);
LPSTR lpStr = new char[iLength+1];
if(!lpStr)
{
MessageBox(NULL, "Failed to allocate mem for lpStr", "Error", MB_OK);
return 0;
}
SendMessage(hwnd, EM_GETLINE, (WPARAM)(point.y-1)/16, (LPARAM)lpStr);
lstrcat(lpStr, '\0');
SendMessage(hwnd, EM_REPLACESEL, (WPARAM)TRUE, (LPARAM)"\r\n");
while(bAdd)
{
if(lpStr[num] == ' ')
{
SendMessage(hwnd, EM_REPLACESEL, (WPARAM)TRUE, (LPARAM)" ");
num++;
continue;
}
else
{
bAdd = FALSE;
}
}
delete lpStr;
return 0;
}
}
default:
return CallWindowProc(g_pfPrevMDIChildEditProc, hwnd, msg, wParam, lParam);
}
}
