Reading an EditBox control

**Devil Panther** · 08-20-2005

I have the next multi-line Editbox control:

Code:

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);

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.

**Dante Shamest** · 08-20-2005

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

**Devil Panther** · 08-20-2005

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.

**Dante Shamest** · 08-20-2005

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?

Originally Posted by Dante Shamest

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

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.

**Devil Panther** · 08-20-2005

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

**SMurf** · 08-20-2005

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.

**Devil Panther** · 08-20-2005

i see. thank you.

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