Microsoft KB Archive/66363

PRB: Messages Processed by Single & Multiline Edit Controls

PSS ID Number: Q66363 Article last modified on 04-26-1993

3.00 WINDOWS

Summary: There are several errors in the “Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit Reference Volume 1” version 3.00, regarding the processing of edit control messages. The following lists enumerate the messages processed by both single-line and multiline edit controls, and those processed only by multiline controls. Messages that are documented incorrectly are marked with a pair of asterisks (**), and a comment on the error is given. In short, these messages are EM_GETLINE, EM_GETHANDLE, and EM_LINEFROMCHAR.

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Messages Processed by Single-Line and Multiline Edit Controls
EM_CANUNDO: EM_EMPTYUNDOBUFFER:
 * EM_GETLINE: ;Single-line controls process this message. EM_GETMODIFY: EM_GETRECT: EM_GETSEL: EM_LIMITTEXT: EM_LINELENGTH: EM_REPLACESEL: EM_SETMODIFY: EM_SETPASSWORDCHAR: EM_SETSEL: EM_UNDO:

Multiline Controls
EM_FMTLINES: '''EM_GETHANDLE: ;Single-line controls do not process this message. EM_GETLINECOUNT: '''EM_LINEFROMCHAR: ;Single-line controls do not process this message. EM_LINEINDEX: EM_LINESCROLL: EM_SETHANDLE: EM_SETRECT: EM_SETRECTNP: EM_SETTABSTOPS:

Additional reference words: 3.00 KBCategory: KBSubcategory: UsrCtlEdit Copyright Microsoft Corporation 1993.