IDWriteTextAnalysisSource::GetTextAtPosition method (dwrite.h)

Gets a block of text starting at the specified text position.

Syntax

HRESULT GetTextAtPosition(
        UINT32      textPosition,
  [out] WCHAR const **textString,
  [out] UINT32      *textLength
);

Parameters

textPosition

Type: UINT32

The first position of the piece to obtain. All positions are in UTF16 code units, not whole characters, which matters when supplementary characters are used.

[out] textString

Type: const WCHAR**

When this method returns, contains an address of the block of text as an array of characters to be retrieved from the text analysis.

[out] textLength

Type: UINT32*

When this method returns, contains the number of UTF16 units of the retrieved chunk. The returned length is not the length of the block, but the length remaining in the block, from the specified position until its end. For example, querying for a position that is 75 positions into a 100-position block would return 25.

Return value

Type: HRESULT

If this method succeeds, it returns S_OK. Otherwise, it returns an HRESULT error code.

Remarks

Returning NULL indicates the end of text, which is the position after the last character. This function is called iteratively for each consecutive block, tying together several fragmented blocks in the backing store into a virtual contiguous string.

Although applications can implement sparse textual content that maps only part of the backing store, the application must map any text that is in the range passed to any analysis functions.

Requirements

See also

IDWriteTextAnalysisSource