Function Reference


_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetEditSel

Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a ComboBox

#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetEditSel ( $hWnd )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control

Return Value

Success: an array in the following format:
    [0] - Starting position
    [1] - Ending position
Failure: sets the @error flag to non-zero.

Remarks

If the message is sent to a ComboBox with the $CBS_DROPDOWN or $CBS_DROPDOWNLIST style the Function will fail.

Related

_GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetEditSel

Example

#include <GuiComboBoxEx.au3>
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiImageList.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $g_idMemo

Example()

Func Example()
        ; Create GUI
        Local $hGUI = GUICreate("ComboBoxEx Get/Set Edit Sel (v" & @AutoItVersion & ")", 400, 300)
        Local $hCombo = _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_Create($hGUI, "", 2, 2, 394, 70, BitOR($CBS_SIMPLE, $WS_VSCROLL, $WS_BORDER))
        $g_idMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 72, 396, 226, 0)
        GUICtrlSetFont($g_idMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        Local $hImage = _GUIImageList_Create(16, 16, 5, 3)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 110)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 131)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 165)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 168)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 137)
        _GUIImageList_AddIcon($hImage, @SystemDir & "\shell32.dll", 146)
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0xFF0000, 16, 16))
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x00FF00, 16, 16))
        _GUIImageList_Add($hImage, _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_CreateSolidBitMap($hCombo, 0x0000FF, 16, 16))
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetImageList($hCombo, $hImage)

        ; Add strings
        For $x = 0 To 8
                _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_AddString($hCombo, StringFormat("%03d : string",$x), $x, $x)
        Next

        ;Set Cur Sel
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetCurSel($hCombo, 5)

        ;Set Edit Sel
        _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_SetEditSel($hCombo, 0, 4)

        ;Get Edit Sel
        Local $aSel = _GUICtrlComboBoxEx_GetEditSel($hCombo)
        MemoWrite(StringFormat("Selected: [%d][%d]", $aSel[0], $aSel[1]))

        Do
        Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
EndFunc   ;==>Example

; Write a line to the memo control
Func MemoWrite($sMessage)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite