Used to search for text within an Edit Box control
Edit Box Control
position = Send_Message(CtrlEntID, "FINDTEXT", range, text, findflags)
Parameters are as follows:
| Parameter | Description | |
|---|---|---|
| Range | An @FM-delimited array of startpos:@FM:length, where startpos is starting position, and length is the length of the selection. | |
| Text | the string to search on. | |
| Findflags | an @FM-delimited array of search options Position Description 1 - Search direction. If true will search up. If false will search down. 2 - Case Sensitive. If true, the search will be case sensitive. If false, the search will be case insensitive. 3 - Whole Word method. If true, will search on the whole word. If false, will not search on whole word. |
Returns an @FM-delimited array of the Starting Position of the found text and the Length of the found text.
RangeToSearch = "" RangeToSearch<1> = selstart + sellen RangeToSearch<2> = len(text) ; * Length of text to search FindFlags = "" FindFlags<1> = 0 ; * true=search up, false=search down FindFlags<2> = 0 ; * true=case sensitive, False=case insensitive FindFlags<3> = 0 ; * true=whole word, false=not whole word Position = Send_Message(CtrlEntID, 'FINDTEXT', RangeToSearch, TextToFind, FindFlags)