MLM_QUERYTEXTLENGTH

This message returns the number of characters in the text.

Syntax

param1
ULONG ulReserved; /* Reserved value, should be 0. */

param2
ULONG ulReserved; /* Reserved value, should be 0. */

Parameters

ulReserved (ULONG) - input

Reserved value, should be 0.

ulReserved (ULONG) - input

Reserved value, should be 0.

Returns

iptText (IPT) - return

Count of text in bytes.

Remarks

This message returns the number of characters in the text. Hard line- breaks are counted as 1 and soft line-breaks as 0. This message differs from the WinQueryWindowTextLength call in that it returns a LONG.

Default Processing

The default window procedure takes no action on this message, other than to set iptText to 0.