Thread: EM_GETSEL / EM_SETSEL not working

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    EM_GETSEL / EM_SETSEL not working

    I have a subclassed edit control.

    when a user clicks the control and the WM_SETFOCUS message is sent I need to determine the character location of the carat.

    If I send an EM_GETSEL to the control in the WM_SETFOCUS handler I always get 0,0 back. I can send messages to get the text and to get the text length and they work fine.

    If I send the EM_GETSEL message to the control from any place other than the WM_SETFOCUS handler it works fine. The same holds true for the EM_SETSEL message.

    Any help/workaround is appreciated.

    LarryMc

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    Old story...

    Guy walks into his doctors office. Hooks his thumb over the edge of the desk and whacks it with his shoe...

    He looks at the doctor and says: "Doc, it hurt like all get every time I do that..."

    Do you know what the doctor's response was?

    Yep... doc says:"Then don't do it."


    At the moment the WM_SETFOCUS is sent, the edit control does not have a caret. The idea is that you should set the caret and selection when you receive that message. So the best answer is...

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    The idea is that you should set the caret and selection when you receive that message

    If that's the case then why doesn't the EM_SETSEL set the selection in the WM_SETFOCUS handler?

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    Perhaps you should try processing the EN_SETFOCUS and EN_KILLFOCUS notifications in your message loop instead...

    Edit Control

    Also, do a little searching in this sub-forum, I recently ran into a real mess when trying to restore focus after the window is backgrounded, you might find some help in that thread.

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