CEdit Methods

Construction Methods

Method Description
CEdit Constructs a CEdit control object.
Create Creates the Windows CE edit control and attaches it to the CEdit object.

General Operations Methods

Method Description
GetSel Gets the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in an edit control.
ReplaceSel Replaces the current selection in an edit control with the specified text.
SetSel Selects a range of characters in an edit control.
Clear Deletes (clears) the current selection (if any) in the edit control.
Copy Copies the current selection (if any) in the edit control to the clipboard in CF_TEXT format.
Cut Deletes (cuts) the current selection (if any) in the edit control and copies the deleted text to the clipboard in CF_TEXT format.
Paste Inserts the data from the clipboard into the edit control at the current cursor position. Data is inserted only if the clipboard contains data in CF_TEXT format.
Undo Reverses the last edit-control operation.
CanUndo Determines whether an edit-control operation can be undone.
EmptyUndoBuffer Resets (clears) the undo flag of an edit control.
GetModify Determines whether the contents of an edit control have been modified.
SetModify Sets or clears the modification flag for an edit control.
SetReadOnly Sets the read-only state of an edit control.
GetPasswordChar Retrieves the password character displayed in an edit control when the user enters text.
SetPasswordChar Sets or removes a password character displayed in an edit control when the user enters text.
GetFirstVisibleLine Determines the topmost visible line in an edit control.
LineLength Retrieves the length of a line in an edit control.
LineScroll Scrolls the text of a multiple-line edit control.
LineFromChar Retrieves the line number of the line that contains the specified character index.
GetRect Gets the formatting rectangle of an edit control.
LimitText Limits the length of the text that the user may enter into an edit control.
GetMargins Gets the left and right margins for this CEdit.
SetMargins Sets the left and right margins for this CEdit.
GetLimitText Gets the maximum amount of text this CEdit can contain.
SetLimitText Sets the maximum amount of text this CEdit can contain.
CharFromPos Retrieves the line and character indices for the character closest to a specified position.
PosFromChar Retrieves the coordinates of the upper-left corner of a specified character index.

Multiple-Line Operations Methods

Method Description
GetLineCount Retrieves the number of lines in a multiple-line edit control.
GetLine Retrieves a line of text from an edit control.
LineIndex Retrieves the character index of a line within a multiple-line edit control.
FmtLines Sets the inclusion of soft line-break characters on or off within a multiple-line edit control.
SetTabStops Sets the tab stops in a multiple-line edit control.
SetRect Sets the formatting rectangle of a multiple-line edit control and updates the control.
SetRectNP Sets the formatting rectangle of a multiple-line edit control without redrawing the control window.