Reading an EditBox control

I have the next multi-line Editbox control:

Code:

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CreateWindowEx(NULL, "Edit", "", WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_AUTOHSCROLL
                        | ES_AUTOVSCROLL | ES_MULTILINE | WS_TABSTOP, 101, 165, 366, 148, hwnd,
                        (HMENU)IDC_EDIT_MSGBODY, GetModuleHandle(NULL), NULL);

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What I would like to do is to be able to read the text one line at a time, or something like that, but not the entire thing all at once. Is this possible?


Thank you.

I think you can do it by using the EM_GETLINE message.

I've looked through the control messages, but couldn't find any way I could read a set number of chars into a buffer, can I do that?


thanks again.

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Originally Posted by Devil Panther

I've looked through the control messages, but couldn't find any way I could read a set number of chars into a buffer, can I do that?

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Originally Posted by Dante Shamest

I think you can do it by using the EM_GETLINE message.

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Maybe I'm misunderstanding you, but if what you want to do is read a line from the edit control into a buffer (of which the size you specify), EM_GETLINE will do it.

i want to read number of lines at sames time to the same buffer, with a single message, if possible

Copy the buffer pointer, use a for loop and increment the pointer by the return value (you may also need to add "\r\n" on the end).

To do it all in a single message, subclass the edit control, make a new message (using a value above WM_USER) and do as above. ;)

i see. thank you.