LB_SETTABSTOPS message

Sets the tab-stop positions in a list box.

Parameters

wParam

Specifies the number of tab stops.

lParam

Pointer to the first member of an array of integers containing the tab stops. The integers represent the number of quarters of the average character width for the font that is selected into the list box. For example, a tab stop of 4 is placed at 1.0 character units, and a tab stop of 6 is placed at 1.5 average character units. However, if the list box is part of a dialog box, the integers are in dialog template units. The tab stops must be sorted in ascending order; backward tabs are not allowed.

Return value

If all the specified tabs are set, the return value is TRUE; otherwise, it is FALSE.

Remarks

To respond to the LB_SETTABSTOPS message, the list box must have been created with the LBS_USETABSTOPS style.

If wParam is 0 and lParam is NULL, the default tab stop is two dialog template units. If wParam is 1, the list box will have tab stops separated by the distance specified by lParam.

If lParam points to more than a single value, a tab stop will be set for each value in lParam, up to the number specified by wParam.

The values specified by lParam are in dialog template units, which are the device-independent units used in dialog box templates. To convert measurements from dialog template units to screen units (pixels), use the MapDialogRect function.

Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows Millennium Edition (Windows Me) : The buffer pointed to by lParam must reside in writable memory, even though the message does not modify the array.

Requirements

See also

MapDialogRect