Creating a Rich Edit Control

I created the rich edit control used in this sample in response to the WM_CREATE message in the main window procedure. The ES_SAVESEL style specifies that the text selection is saved when the control loses the focus and redisplayed when it regains the focus. (By default, the entire contents of a rich edit control are selected when it is reactivated.)

// Create the rich edit control.

hWndRichEdit = CreateWindowEx (

WS_EX_CLIENTEDGE, // make rich edit control appear
"sunken"

"RICHEDIT", // class name of rich edit control

"", // text of rich edit control

WS_CHILD | WS_VISIBLE | ES_MULTILINE | ES_SUNKEN | ES_SAVESEL |

WS_HSCROLL | WS_VSCROLL, // window styles

0, 0, // initially create 0 size,

0, 0, // main window's WM_SIZE handler will resize

hWnd, // use main parent

(HMENU)ID_RICHED, // ID

hInst, // this app instance owns this window

NULL);