EM_SETTARGETDEVICE Message

The EM_SETTARGETDEVICE message sets the target device and line width used for WYSIWYG formatting 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_SETTARGETDEVICE,
    // message ID
   (WPARAM) wParam,
    // = (WPARAM) () wParam;
   (LPARAM) lParam
    // = (LPARAM) () lParam;

);

Parameters

wParam
Handle to a device context for the target device.
lParam
Line width to use for formatting.

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