CComboBox::GetEditSel

DWORD GetEditSel( ) const;

Return Value

A 32-bit value that contains the starting position in the low-order word and the position of the first nonselected character after the end of the selection in the high-order word. If this function is used on a combo box without an edit control, CB_ERR is returned.

Remarks

Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a combo box.

Example

// The pointer to my combo box.
extern CComboBox* pmyComboBox;
DWORD dwSel;

// Set the selection to be all characters after the current selection.
if ((dwSel=pmyComboBox->GetEditSel()) != CB_ERR)
{
   pmyComboBox->SetEditSel(HIWORD(dwSel), -1);
}

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See Also   CComboBox::SetEditSel, CB_GETEDITSEL