EM_SETPARAFORMAT Message

The EM_SETPARAFORMAT message sets the paragraph formatting for 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_SETPARAFORMAT,
    // 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 specifying the new paragraph formatting attributes. Only the attributes specified by the dwMask member are changed.
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_SETPARAFORMAT message, set the structure's cbSize member to indicate the version of the structure.

Return Value

If the operation succeeds, the return value is a nonzero value.
If the operation fails, the return value is zero.

Message Information

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