Word File scroll position

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Does anyone know how to get and set the scroll position of a running Word file from a C++ application? For example I am running Word using a Shellexecute call in my program but I want to restore the last known scroll position in the file.

Posted 29-Dec-09 7:31am

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Rick Shaub · Answer 1 · 2009-12-29T08:46:00

You could try sending the SBM_SETSCROLLINFO[^] message directly to the scroll bar control in Word. The vertical scrollbar should have the caption "Vertical". You can use FindWindowEx[^] to find the vertical scrollbar if you have the parent handle. I believe you can call SBM_GETPOS [^] to get the current position of the scroll bar.

Rick Shaub · Answer 2 · 2009-12-31T06:44:00

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To answer your second question:

For example, using the parent handle (parent_hwndN) for the Word application, you can try this:

vscr_hwnd= FindWindowEx( 
parent_hwndN,
NULL,
"NUIScrollbar",
"Vertical",
);

Posted 31-Dec-09 6:44am

Rick Shaub

Trapper3001 · Answer 3 · 2009-12-30T19:39:00

Solution 2

Thanks for your response. I do have the parent handle but I am having trouble w/FindWindowEx. Is this the proper form to get the vertical scrollbar?

vscr_hwnd=::FindWindowEx(
parent_hwndN,
NULL,
"Vertical",
NULL
);

Posted 30-Dec-09 19:39pm