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Re: RE: [win32] cursor

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> Nov 06, 2002
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Actually you can do this in the current Win32lib...

 insertText(myctrl, "hello there")

instead of the getIndex() and setText() method.

Also, setIndex() does set the cursor position in edit boxes.



7/11/2002 12:35:50 PM, Brian Broker <bkb at cnw.com> wrote:

>
>You might consider using sendMessage and EM_REPLACESEL instead of your 
>method outlined below.
>
>Example:
>
>     out = allocate_string("something to insert")
>     if sendMessage(myctrl,EM_REPLACESEL,True,out) then end if
>     free(out)
>
>Only problem might be making sure nothing is selected at the time 
>because it will be replaced.  If nothing is selected then it just 
>inserts text at point of cursor...
>
>-- Brian
>
>mistertrik wrote:
>> bah.... ok thanks.
>> 
>> I think that there should be at least a wrapper func called 
>> getCursorPosition or something.
>> 
>> Also, to insert text where the cursor is, it looks like I'm going to 
>> have to 
>> do something like this:
>> sequence text
>> atom pos
>> text = getText(myctrl)
>> pos = getIndex(myctrl)
>> setText(myctrl, text[1..pos] & "hello there" & 
>> text[pos+1..length(text)])
>> 
>> In my mind, when setSelectedText was called, if there wasn't anything 
>> selected it would insert text at the cursor position.
>> That seems to be more logical, rather than do nothing.
>> 
>> =====================================================
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>> \__| Mr Trick
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>> 
>> >From: Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com>
>> >Reply-To: EUforum at topica.com
>> >To: EUforum <EUforum at topica.com>
>> >Subject: Re: [win32] cursor
>> >Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2002 11:37:49 +1100
>> >
>> >
>> >Its not documented as such but the getIndex() call will return the 
>> >cursor 
>> >location from an edit or
>> >richedit box. Currently the docs only mention ListView and Treeview, but 
>> >it 
>> >also works for Listbox
>> >and Combos.
>> >
>> >7/11/2002 11:27:13 AM, mistertrik at hotmail.com wrote:
>> >
>> > >
>> > >How do you find the cursor position in a MLEedit?
>> > >
>> > >I have an edit window, and I want to be able to insert a string into 
>> >where
>> > >the cursor position is.
>> > >
>> > >=====================================================
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>> > >/ _____<--------------------__|===
>> > >||_    <-------------------/
>> > >\__| Mr Trick
>> > >
>> > >
>> >---------
>> >Cheers,
>> >Derek Parnell
>> >ICQ# 7647806
>> >
>> >
>
>
>
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Cheers,
Derek Parnell 
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