TVM_GETITEM

This message retrieves some or all of a tree view item’s attributes. You can send this message explicitly or by using the TreeView_GetItem macro.

At a Glance

Syntax

1. TVM_GETITEM wParam = 0;
   lParam = (LPARAM)(TV_ITEM FAR*) pitem;

Parameters

pitem

Pointer to a TVITEM structure that specifies the information to retrieve and receives information about the item. When the message is sent, the hItem member identifies the item to retrieve information about and the mask member specifies the attributes to retrieve.

If the mask member specifies the TVIF_TEXT value, the pszText member must contain the address of the buffer that receives the item text and the cchTextMax member must specify the size of the buffer.

If the mask member specifies the TVIF_STATE value, the stateMask member must specify the item state bits to retrieve. On output, the state member contains the values of the specified state bits.

Return Values

TRUE indicates success. FALSE indicates failure.

See Also

TV_ITEM