CEdit::CharFromPos
Call this function to retrieve the zero-based line and character indices of the character nearest the specified point in this CEdit control
int CharFromPos(
CPoint pt
) const;
Parameters
- pt
The coordinates of a point in the client area of this CEdit object.
Return Value
The character index in the low-order WORD, and the line index in the high-order WORD.
Remarks
Note
This member function is available beginning with Windows 95 and Windows NT 4.0.
For more information, see EM_CHARFROMPOS in the Windows SDK.
Example
// CMyEdit inherits from CEdit
void CMyEdit::OnLButtonDown(UINT nFlags, CPoint point)
{
int n = CharFromPos(point);
int nLineIndex = HIWORD(n);
int nCharIndex = LOWORD(n);
TRACE(_T("nLineIndex = %d, nCharIndex = %d\r\n"), nLineIndex, nCharIndex);
CEdit::OnLButtonDown(nFlags, point);
}
Requirements
Header: afxwin.h