Function Reference


_GUICtrlRichEdit_GetParaIndents

Gets the border indent settings of (first) selected paragraph or (if no selection) of the current paragraph

#include <GuiRichEdit.au3>
_GUICtrlRichEdit_GetParaIndents ( $hWnd )

Parameters

$hWnd Handle to the control

Return Value

Success: settings - a string consisting of values separated by semicolons (:):
    Value 1 - Left - indentation of left side of the body of the paragraph (of lines after the first) (in space units)
    Value 2 - Right - indentation of right side of the paragraph (in space units)
    Value 3 - FirstLine - indentation of the first line relative to other lines (in space units)
    Value 4 - scope:
        a - all (or only) selected paragraphs have these settings
        f - the first selected paragraph has these settings, but other(s) don't
        c - the current paragraph has these settings
Failure: "" and sets the @error flag to non-zero.
@error: 101 - $hWnd is not a handle

Remarks

Postive values of $iLeft, $iRight and $iFirstLine indent towards the center of the paragraph.

Related

_GUICtrlRichEdit_SetParaIndents

See Also

Search EM_GETPARAFORMAT in MSDN Library.

Example

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

Global $g_idLblMsg, $g_hRichEdit

Example()

Func Example()
        Local $hGui, $iMsg, $idBtnNext, $iStep = 0
        $hGui = GUICreate("Example (" & StringTrimRight(@ScriptName, StringLen(".exe")) & ")", 320, 350, -1, -1)
        $g_hRichEdit = _GUICtrlRichEdit_Create($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_SetText($g_hRichEdit, "First paragraph")
        Report("Para with default indent settings")

        While True
                $iMsg = GUIGetMsg()
                Select
                        Case $iMsg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_Destroy($g_hRichEdit) ; needed unless script crashes
                                ; GUIDelete()   ; is OK too
                                Exit
                        Case $iMsg = $idBtnNext
                                $iStep += 1
                                Switch $iStep
                                        Case 1
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_AppendText($g_hRichEdit, @CRLF & "Second paragraph")
                                                Report("Added second paragraph")
                                        Case 2
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetParaIndents($g_hRichEdit, 0.25, .1)
                                                Report("Changed indent settings of second paragraph")
                                        Case 3
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetSel($g_hRichEdit, 10, 26)
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_SetParaIndents($g_hRichEdit, Default, 0, .2)
                                                Report("Change settings of both paragraphs")
                                        Case 4
                                                ; Stream all text to the Desktop so you can look at Indents settings in Word
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_Deselect($g_hRichEdit)
                                                _GUICtrlRichEdit_StreamToFile($g_hRichEdit, @DesktopDir & "\gcre.rtf")
                                                GUICtrlSetState($idBtnNext, $GUI_DISABLE)
                                EndSwitch
                EndSelect
        WEnd
EndFunc   ;==>Example

Func Report($sMsg)
        $sMsg = $sMsg & @CRLF & @CRLF & "Get function returns " & @CRLF & _GUICtrlRichEdit_GetParaIndents($g_hRichEdit)
        GUICtrlSetData($g_idLblMsg, $sMsg)
EndFunc   ;==>Report