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Trichedit : Offset

hi,

under D3/Win98 i have a Trichedit with scrollbars
and a large text inside.
when the vertical scrollbar is used, i want to know
how many pixels offset has the first visible line
to the first line of the text.
or in other words: how many pixels are scrolled ?

thanks
titz

kotik

Hi!
It's only a suggestion, try this:

var
Position: integer;
begin
SendMessage(RichEdit.Handle, EM_POSFROMCHAR, Position, 0
);
end;

Regarding to the Win32 Help:
A returned coordinate can be negative if the character has been scrolled outside the edit control's client area.

So you can get abs(Position) to get the real offset.

Regards,
Kot.

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titz

ASKER

hi kotik,

that was the exact answer ! it works well.

but i have an additional question: i thought i could get the action of the scrollbars in an onpaint-event.
but now i found : there is no onpaint-event in Trichedit. Do you have an idea what kind ogf event i can use for to know that the scrollbars are active ?

thanks
titz

kotik

To be able to handle scrollbar events you have to create your own handler, like this (I have done it for a TMemo, but I think it will work with TRichEdit too):
interface
....
{ Add to your RichEdit component }
procedure WMVScroll(var Message: TWMVScroll); message WM_VSCROLL;
....

implementation

procedure TFileMemo.WMVScroll(var Message: TWMVScroll);
begin
{ Do what you need here }
Inherited; // call inherited, if you need it
end;

You can get more info in Win32 Help. Look for WM_SCROLL message.

Tell me if you have problems with implementing.

Regards,
Kot.

titz

ASKER

hi kotik,

thanks: it works. i did the same before (with wm_vscroll-message), but i
forgot the "inherited" .

Many thanks and a nice weekend
titz

kotik

Glad to help you.

Regards,
Kot.

P.S. Nice nickname :)