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GetCaretPos

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Windows Embedded CE 6.0 R3

4/8/2010

This function copies the caret's position, in client coordinates, to the specified POINT structure.

Syntax

BOOL GetCaretPos(
  LPPOINT lpPoint
); 

Parameters

  • lpPoint
    [out] Long pointer to the POINT structure that is to receive the client coordinates of the caret.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

The caret position is always given in the client coordinates of the window that contains the caret.

If an application calls GetCaretPos from a thread that does not own the caret, GetCaretPos fails with an error value of ERROR_ACCESS_DENIED.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Library Caret.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 1.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also

Reference

SetCaretPos
POINT
Carets Functions