How to select the text of Windows client area?

Posted 8 Feb '11 - 21:39

Edited 9 Feb '11 - 19:37

Solution 1

First you get the window handle using the current point of the mouse using the method WindowFromPoint.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633558%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

And second you get the text of that window using GetWindowText:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms633520%28v=vs.85%29.aspx[^]

The code will become something like:

char[] buffer = new char[256];
GetWindowText(WindowFromPoint(pt.X, pt.Y), buffer, 256);

Good luck!

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Posted 9 Feb '11 - 0:40

E.F. Nijboer40.7K

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sarfaraznawaz - 10 Feb '11 - 1:01

I am trying to select the text of client area which i had paint by using the textout().how i had display the text see .............. <pre lang="msil">void GetFormattedData( PVOID pBuf,DWORD dwOffset, CString &szFormatted ) { BYTE *SETBUFF = ((BYTE*)(pBuf)) + dwOffset ; szFormatted.Format(_T("%08d: %.2X %.2X %),dwOffset,SETBUFF[0], SETBUFF[1],; }</pre> <pre lang="cs">for(int i = Start; i<= End; i++) { GetFormattedData(m_lpData, (i + m_nVScrollBarPos )* m_cyChar,szFormatted); m_pDC.TextOut((1 - m_nHScrollBarPos) * m_cxChar , i * m_cyChar, szFormatted); }</pre> now i want the text to be selected using OnLButtonDblClk

E.F. Nijboer - 10 Feb '11 - 3:44

But when you paint the text on the canvas you aren't able to retrieve it because it is a drawing and not text. You need to handle WM_GETTEXT and store the text as property in your control. LRESULT CALLBACK GetMesgProc(int nCode, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam) { PMSG pmsg; if (nCode < 0) return CallNextHookEx(hNextHook, nCode, wParam, lParam); pmsg = (PMSG)lParam; switch (pmsg->message) { case WM_GETTEXT: / return the text break; }; return CallNextHookEx(hNextHook, nCode,wParam, lParam); }

Solution 2

Just change the background color
in the intersection of your selection[^] and the text areas Smile | :)

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Posted 9 Feb '11 - 8:20

Eugen Podsypalnikov18.8K

Solution 3

I am trying to select the text of client area which i had paint by using the textout().how i had display the text see ..............

void GetFormattedData( PVOID pBuf,DWORD dwOffset, CString &szFormatted )
{
    BYTE *SETBUFF = ((BYTE*)(pBuf)) + dwOffset ;
    szFormatted.Format(_T("%08d: %.2X %.2X %),dwOffset,SETBUFF[0], SETBUFF[1],;
}

for(int i = Start; i<= End; i++)
    {
        GetFormattedData(m_lpData, (i + m_nVScrollBarPos )* m_cyChar,szFormatted);
        m_pDC.TextOut((1 - m_nHScrollBarPos) * m_cxChar , i * m_cyChar, szFormatted);
    }

now i want the text to be selected using OnLButtonDblClk

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Posted 9 Feb '11 - 19:01

sarfaraznawaz862

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