1. SetIndex clarification
I have been happily using the Win32Lib SetIndex command with RichEdit
and EditText controls but am a bit worried about some behaviours.
Perhaps someone can confirm that the following are normal.
1. With RichEdit, I use SetIndex(REctl, 0) to set the insertion point at
the end of any text, prior to doing a SetFont and then an AppendText.
This works fine but there is no mention of using '0' as a parameter like
this in the Win32Lib documentation. Is this the expected behaviour ?
2. With EditText, I use SetIndex(ETctl, {1, 0}) to select all text in
the control. This also works fine but is contrary to the documentation
which suggests using {0, -1} to select all characters. However, the
latter selects nothing, and just sets the insertion point at the
beginning of the ctl. Is this an error in the documentation or am I
getting something wrong here ?
3. Another worry with EditText controls is that the documentation makes
no mention of it being usable with SetIndex. Is that just an omission ?
Or am I pushing my luck ?
Thanks
Rangi
2. Re: SetIndex clarification
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rangi" <totorangi at hotmail.com>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: SetIndex clarification
>
> I have been happily using the Win32Lib SetIndex command with RichEdit
> and EditText controls but am a bit worried about some behaviours.
> Perhaps someone can confirm that the following are normal.
>
> 1. With RichEdit, I use SetIndex(REctl, 0) to set the insertion point at
> the end of any text, prior to doing a SetFont and then an AppendText.
> This works fine but there is no mention of using '0' as a parameter like
> this in the Win32Lib documentation. Is this the expected behaviour ?
>
> 2. With EditText, I use SetIndex(ETctl, {1, 0}) to select all text in
> the control. This also works fine but is contrary to the documentation
> which suggests using {0, -1} to select all characters. However, the
> latter selects nothing, and just sets the insertion point at the
> beginning of the ctl. Is this an error in the documentation or am I
> getting something wrong here ?
>
> 3. Another worry with EditText controls is that the documentation makes
> no mention of it being usable with SetIndex. Is that just an omission ?
> Or am I pushing my luck ?
In each case, the documentation is at error. Your use of these routines is
correct. I will update the docs to reflect all the valid uses of these
functions. Also, instead of the 'magic' {1,0} to select all text, there will
be the new key word "w32SelectAll" that can be used. eg. setIndex(ETctl,
w32SelectAll), plus a new routine 'setSelection' will be an alias for
setIndex().
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cheers,
Derek Parnell
