EM_GETPARAFORMAT Message

The EM_GETPARAFORMAT message retrieves the paragraph formatting of the current selection in 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_GETPARAFORMAT,
    // message ID
   (WPARAM) wParam,
    // = (WPARAM) () wParam;
   (LPARAM) lParam
    // = (LPARAM) () lParam;

);

Parameters

wParam
This parameter is not used; it must be zero.
lParam
Pointer to a PARAFORMAT structure that receives the paragraph formatting attributes of the current selection.
If more than one paragraph is selected, the structure receives the attributes of the first paragraph, and the dwMask member specifies which attributes are consistent throughout the entire selection.
Microsoft® Rich Edit 2.0 and later: This parameter can be a pointer to a PARAFORMAT2 structure, which is an extension of the PARAFORMAT structure. Before sending the EM_GETPARAFORMAT message, set the structure's cbSize member to indicate the version of the structure.

Return Value

This message returns the value of the dwMask member of the PARAFORMAT structure.

Message Information

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