CB_GETEDITSEL Overview  Group

An application sends a CB_GETEDITSEL message to get the starting and ending character positions of the current selection in the edit control of a combo box.

CB_GETEDITSEL 

wParam = (WPARAM) (LPDWORD) lpdwStart; // receives starting position 

lParam = (LPARAM) (LPDWORD) lpdwEnd;   // receives ending position 

 

Parameters

lpdwStart

Value of wParam. Points to a 32-bit value that receives the starting position of the selection. This parameter can be set to NULL.

lpdwEnd

Value of lParam. Points to a 32-bit value that receives the ending position of the selection. This parameter can be set to NULL.

Return Values

The return value is a zero-based 32-bit value with the starting position of the selection in the low-order word and with the ending position of the first character after the last selected character in the high-order word.

See Also

CB_SETEDITSEL