Description
Used to search for text within an Edit Box control
Applies to
Edit Box Control
Syntax
position = Send_Message(CtrlEntID, "FINDTEXT", range, text, findflags)
Parameters
Parameters are as follows:
| Parameter | Description | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Range | An @FM-delimited array of startpos:@FM:length, where startpos is starting position, and length is the length of the selection. | ||||||||
| Text | the string to search on. | ||||||||
| Findflags | an @FM-delimited array of search options
|
Return value
Returns an @FM-delimited array of:
the Starting Position of the found text and the Length of the found text.
Example
RangeToSearch = "" RangeToSearch<1> = selstart + sellen RangeToSearch<2> = len(text) // Length of text to search FindFlags = "" FindFlags<1> = 0 // true=search up, false=search down FindFlags<2> = 0 // true=case sensitive, false = case insensitive FindFlags<3> = 0 // true=whole word, false=not whole word Position = Send_Message(CtrlEntID, 'FINDTEXT', RangeToSearch, TextToFind, FindFlags)
