highlighting text in the dialog's EDIT box

[ashishchoure]

hi friends,

i would like to know how to highlight text in dialog's Edit box and List box.
Is there any mfc api for that ??

[__avd]

Why not? Do you forget GDI+?

[jencas]

You can find lots of solutions at www.codeguru.com and www.codeproject.com

[ashishchoure]

i found the solution for highlighting text

1. SetFocus()
2. SetSel()

but i want to highlight multiple word ....can anybody help...

[__avd]

Great! Hightlight = Text selection.

[ashishchoure]

Selecting word is fine in my case can u help me for multiple selection i dont want go inside of gdi+

[__avd]

multiple selection - Text, List Items?

[ashishchoure]

For example string in editbox is - Hi this is ashish!

and i want to select "is" and setsel() function takes position of start and end char to be selected.

m_CtlEdit.SetFocus()
m_CtlEdit.SetSel(5,7)
this is selecting first "is" - Hi this is ashish!

like that i tried for next
m_CtlEdit.SetSel(8,10)

but i want to select both "is" in same time..

[__avd]

Is it HideSelection?

[ashishchoure]

if i do
m_CtlEdit.SetFocus()
m_CtlEdit.SetSel(5,7)
m_CtlEdit.SetSel(8,10)

then it is selecting the last one not both

[__avd]

It show the selection and make it permanent.

obj.HideSelection(FALSE, TRUE);

[ashishchoure]

this function is used for RichEditbox not for edit box

[__avd]

set ES_NOHIDESEL style.