EM_FINDTEXTEX Message

The EM_FINDTEXTEX message finds text within a rich edit control.

Syntax

To send this message, call the SendMessage function as follows.


lResult = SendMessage(
    // returns LRESULT in lResult
   (HWND) hWndControl,
    // handle to destination control
   (UINT) EM_FINDTEXTEX,
    // message ID
   (WPARAM) wParam,
    // = (WPARAM) () wParam;
   (LPARAM) lParam
    // = (LPARAM) () lParam;

);

Parameters

wParam
Specifies the parameters of the search operation. This parameter can be one or more of the following values.
FR_DOWN
Microsoft® Rich Edit 2.0 and later: If set, the search is from the end of the current selection to the end of the document. If not set, the search is from the end of the current selection to the beginning of the document.
Rich Edit 1.0: The FR_DOWN flag is ignored. The search is always from the end of the current selection to the end of the document.
FR_MATCHALEFHAMZA
Rich Edit 3.0 and later: If set, the search differentiates between Arabic and Hebrew alefs with different accents. If not set, all alefs are matched by the alef character alone.
FR_MATCHCASE
If set, the search operation is case-sensitive. If not set, the search operation is case-insensitive.
FR_MATCHDIAC
Rich Edit 3.0 and later: If set, the search operation considers Arabic and Hebrew diacritical marks. If not set, diacritical marks are ignored.
FR_MATCHKASHIDA
Rich Edit 3.0 and later: If set, the search operation considers Arabic and Hebrew kashidas. If not set, kashidas are ignored.
FR_WHOLEWORD
If set, the operation searches only for whole words that match the search string. If not set, the operation also searches for word fragments that match the search string.
lParam
Pointer to a FINDTEXTEX structure containing information about the find operation.

Return Value

If there are more matches, the return value is the zero-based character position of the next match.
If there are no more matches, the return value is –1.

Remarks

If the search operation finds a match, the chrgText member of the FINDTEXTEX structure returns the range of characters that contain the matching text.

Message Information

Header Declared in Richedit.h
Minimum operating systems Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0