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RichEdit_FindWordBreakfunction

Finds the next word break before or after the specified character position or retrieves information about the character at that position.

Windowsfunctiondocumented

Syntax

PRIVATE FUNCTION RichEdit_FindWordBreak (BYVAL hRichEdit AS HWND, BYVAL fOperation AS DWORD, BYVAL dwStartPos AS DWORD) AS DWORD

Parameters

Name		Description
`hRichEdit`		The handle of the rich edit control.
`fOperation`		Specifies the find operation. This parameter can be one of the following values. WB_CLASSIFY. Returns the character class and word-break flags of the character at the specified position. WB_ISDELIMITER. Returns TRUE if the character at the specified position is a delimiter, or FALSE otherwise. WB_LEFT. Finds the nearest character before the specified position that begins a word. WB_LEFTBREAK. Finds the next word end before the specified position. This value is the same as WB_PREVBREAK. WB_MOVEWORDLEFT. Finds the next character that begins a word before the specified position. This value is used during CTRL+LEFT ARROW key processing. This value is the similar to WB_MOVEWORDPREV. See Remarks for more information. WB_MOVEWORDRIGHT. Finds the next character that begins a word after the specified position. This value is used during CTRL+right key processing. This value is similar to WB_MOVEWORDNEXT. See Remarks for more information. WB_RIGHT. Finds the next character that begins a word after the specified position. WB_RIGHTBREAK. Finds the next end-of-word delimiter after the specified position. This value is the same as WB_NEXTBREAK.
`dwStartPos`		Zero-based character starting position.

Return value

The message returns a value based on the fOperation parameter.

Description

Finds the next word break before or after the specified character position or retrieves information about the character at that position.

Remarks

If fOperation is WB_LEFT and WB_RIGHT, the word-break procedure finds word breaks only after delimiters. This matches the functionality of an edit control. If fOperation is WB_MOVEWORDLEFT or WB_MOVEWORDRIGHT, the word-break procedure also compares character classes and word-break flags.

For information about character classes and word-break flags, see Word and Line Breaks.

Example

FUNCTION RichEdit_FindWordBreak (BYVAL hRichEdit AS HWND, BYVAL fOperation AS DWORD, BYVAL dwStartPos AS DWORD) AS DWORD FUNCTION = SendMessageW(hRichEdit, EM_FINDWORDBREAK, fOperation, dwStartPos) END FUNCTION

Reference

Defined in AfxNova/AfxRichEdit.inc:156
Documented in Windows/WIndows Controls/RichEdit/RichEdit Procedures.md
Topic: RichEdit Procedures