Function Reference


_GUICtrlRichEdit_FindText

Search for a text starting at insertion point or at anchor point of selection

#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
_GUICtrlRichEdit_FindText ( $hWnd, $sText [, $bForward = True [, $bMatchCase = False [, $bWholeWord = False [, $iBehavior = 0]]]] )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control
$sText Text to find
$bForward [optional] Search direction
(Win 95: search is always forward)
$bMatchCase [optional] Search is case-sensitive
Default: case-insensitive
$bWholeWord [optional] Search only for text as a whole word
Default: partial or full word
$iBehavior [optional] Any BitOR combination of $FR_MATCHALEFHAMZA, $FR_MATCHDIAC and $FR_MATCHKASHIDA
Default: 0

Return Value

Success: the inter-character position before start of matching text if found, else -1.
Failure: sets the @error flag to non-zero.
@error: 101 - $hWnd is not a handle
102 - $sText = ""
103 - $bForward is neither True nor False
104 - $bMatchCase is neither True nor False
105 - $bWholeWord is neither True nor False
1061 - $iBehavior is not a number
1062 - $iBehavior is invalid

Related

_GUICtrlRichEdit_FindTextInRange

See Also

Search EM_FINDTEXT in MSDN Library.

Example

Example 1

#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>

Global $g_idLblMsg

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hGui, $iMsg, $idBtnNext, $hRichEdit, $iStep = 0
        $hGui = GUICreate("Example (" & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, StringLen(".exe")) & ")", 320, 350, -1, -1)
        $hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($hGui, "This is a test.", 10, 10, 300, 220, _
                        BitOR($ES_MULTILINE, $WS_VSCROLL, $ES_AUTOVSCROLL))
        $g_idLblMsg = GUICtrlCreateLabel("", 10, 235, 300, 60)
        $idBtnNext = GUICtrlCreateButton("Next", 270, 310, 40, 30)
        GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)

        _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText($hRichEdit, @CRLF & "This is appended text.")

        While True
                $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
                Select
                        Case $iMsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_Destroy($hRichEdit) ; needed unless script crashes
                                ; GUIDelete()   ; is OK too
                                Exit
                        Case $iMsg = $idBtnNext
                                $iStep += 1
                                Switch $iStep
                                        Case 1
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel($hRichEdit, 8, 8)
                                                Report("1.set starting position ")
                                        Case 2
                                                Report('2."appended" found just after inter-character position ' & _
                                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_FindText($hRichEdit, "appended"))
                                                GUICtrlSetState($idBtnNext, $GUI_DISABLE)
                                EndSwitch
                EndSelect
        WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Func Report($sMsg)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idLblMsg, $sMsg)
EndFunc   ;==>Report

Example 2

#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>

Local $sText = "First line" & @CR & @CR & "Last line" & @CR
Local $iStart, $iEnd, $sLine, $i
Local $iTextLen
Local $iFindTextError, $iGetTextError
Local $sMsgBuff = ""

Local $hGUI = GUICreate("Find Text Test", 300, 300)
Local $hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($hGUI, "", 10, 10, 280, 280)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW, $hGUI)

_GUICtrlRichEdit_SetText($hRichEdit, $sText)
$iStart = 0
$iTextLen = _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetTextLength($hRichEdit, True, True)
$sMsgBuff = $iTextLen & " characters in Rich Edit box"

For $i = 1 To 6
        If Not _GUICtrlRichEdit_GotoCharPos($hRichEdit, $iStart) Then
;~              MsgBox(0, "", "False from GotoCharPos")
                ExitLoop
        EndIf
        $iEnd = _GUICtrlRichEdit_FindText($hRichEdit, @CR) ; Find the next CR
        If $iEnd = -1 Then ExitLoop
        $iFindTextError = @error
        If $iEnd = $iStart Then
                $sLine = "" ; end = start just means a blank line
                $iGetTextError = 0
        Else
                $sLine = _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetTextInRange($hRichEdit, $iStart, $iEnd) ; the line is all characters between start and end
                $iGetTextError = @error
        EndIf
        $sMsgBuff &= @CRLF & $i & ": Start = " & $iStart & ", End = " & $iEnd & ": <" & $sLine & ">  (@errors = " & $iFindTextError & ", " & $iGetTextError & ")" ; accumulate results
        $iStart = $iEnd + 1 ; Next search starts one character after the last found CR
Next
MsgBox(0, "Test results", $sMsgBuff)
_GUICtrlRichEdit_Destroy($hRichEdit)
GUIDelete($hGUI)
Exit