EM_GETLINE (Windows Embedded CE 6.0)

1/6/2010

This message copies a line of text from an edit control and places the text in a specified buffer.

Syntax

EM_GETLINE 
    wParam = (WPARAM) line; 
    lParam = (LPARAM)(LPCSTR) lpch;

Parameters

• line
  Specifies the zero-based index of the line to retrieve from a multiline edit control. A value of zero specifies the topmost line. This parameter is ignored by a single-line edit control.

• lpch
  Long pointer to the buffer that receives a copy of the line. The first word of the buffer specifies the maximum number of characters that can be copied to the buffer.

Return Value

The number of characters copied indicates success. Zero indicates that the line number specified by the line parameter is greater than the number of lines in the edit control.

Remarks

The copied line does not contain a terminating null character.

Requirements

See Also

Reference

Edit Boxes Messages
EM_LINELENGTH
WM_GETTEXT