BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  retrieving word at caret position?          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> C++ Builder (VCL Components Usage) View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Rory Walsh Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:03 am    Post subject: retrieving word at caret position? Hi everyone. I would like to retrieve the string which the text caret is currently positioned at. The string is contained within double quotes on each side? I know I can load the current line into a TStringList and the use the Delimiter method to parse through the words but I only want the word that the caret is at. Any ideas? Cheers, and thanks for the help! Rory. Back to top Rory Walsh Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 1:03 am    Post subject: Re: retrieving word at caret position? Btw the string will most likely contain a '.' as it is a file name. Cheers, Rory. Rory Walsh wrote: Quote: Hi everyone. I would like to retrieve the string which the text caret is currently positioned at. The string is contained within double quotes on each side? I know I can load the current line into a TStringList and the use the Delimiter method to parse through the words but I only want the word that the caret is at. Any ideas? Cheers, and thanks for the help! Rory. Back to top Remy Lebeau (TeamB) Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 2:03 am    Post subject: Re: retrieving word at caret position? "Rory Walsh" <rorywalsh (AT) ear (DOT) ie> wrote in message news:4452aba5 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Hi everyone. I would like to retrieve the string which the text caret is currently positioned at. The string is contained within double quotes on each side? I know I can load the current line into a TStringList and the use the Delimiter method to parse through the words but I only want the word that the caret is at. Any ideas? Cheers, and thanks for the help! If you are using a TRichEdit, then have a look at the EM_FINDWORDBREAK and EM_FINDTEXT messages. Gambit Back to top Rory Walsh Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: retrieving word at caret position? Thanks Remy. I tried the following but with no joy, can you see any obvious mistakes? int currpos = RichEdit1->SelStart; int start = endMessage(RichEdit1->Handle,EM_FINDWORDBREAK,WB_LEFT,currpos); int end = SendMessage(RichEdit1->Handle,EM_FINDWORDBREAK,WB_RIGHTBREAK,start); ShowMessage(RichEdit1->Text.SubString(start, end-start)); Thanks for the help. Rory. Remy Lebeau (TeamB) wrote: Quote: "Rory Walsh" <rorywalsh (AT) ear (DOT) ie> wrote in message news:4452aba5 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Hi everyone. I would like to retrieve the string which the text caret is currently positioned at. The string is contained within double quotes on each side? I know I can load the current line into a TStringList and the use the Delimiter method to parse through the words but I only want the word that the caret is at. Any ideas? Cheers, and thanks for the help! If you are using a TRichEdit, then have a look at the EM_FINDWORDBREAK and EM_FINDTEXT messages. Gambit Back to top Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: retrieving word at caret position? At 01:56:10, 29.04.2006, Rory Walsh wrote: Quote: Hi everyone. I would like to retrieve the string which the text caret is currently positioned at. The string is contained within double quotes on each side? I know I can load the current line into a TStringList and the use the Delimiter method to parse through the words but I only want the word that the caret is at. Any ideas? Cheers, and thanks for the help! The text caret in a TMemo, a TRichEdit, or what? -- Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] http://rvelthuis.de/ "The truth is more important than the facts." - Frank Lloyd Wright (1868-1959) Back to top Rory Walsh Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 9:03 am    Post subject: Re: retrieving word at caret position? A TRichEdit..... Rudy Velthuis [TeamB] wrote: Quote: At 01:56:10, 29.04.2006, Rory Walsh wrote: Hi everyone. I would like to retrieve the string which the text caret is currently positioned at. The string is contained within double quotes on each side? I know I can load the current line into a TStringList and the use the Delimiter method to parse through the words but I only want the word that the caret is at. Any ideas? Cheers, and thanks for the help! The text caret in a TMemo, a TRichEdit, or what? Back to top Rory Walsh Guest Posted: Sat Apr 29, 2006 11:03 am    Post subject: Re: retrieving word at caret position? It works if I use Perform() rather than SendMessage, e.g., RichEdit1->Perform(EM_FINDWORDBREAK,WB_RIGHTBREAK,currpos); I don't know why though? Thanks for the help, Rory. Rory Walsh wrote: Quote: Thanks Remy. I tried the following but with no joy, can you see any obvious mistakes? int currpos = RichEdit1->SelStart; int start = endMessage(RichEdit1->Handle,EM_FINDWORDBREAK,WB_LEFT,currpos); int end = SendMessage(RichEdit1->Handle,EM_FINDWORDBREAK,WB_RIGHTBREAK,start); ShowMessage(RichEdit1->Text.SubString(start, end-start)); Thanks for the help. 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