CRichEditCtrl::GetSelectionCharFormat

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Gets the character formatting attributes of the current selection.

DWORD GetSelectionCharFormat( 
   CHARFORMAT& cf  
) const; 
DWORD GetSelectionCharFormat( 
   CHARFORMAT2& cf  
) const;

Parameters

  • cf
    In the first version, a pointer to a CHARFORMAT structure to receive the character formatting attributes of the current selection.

    In the second version, a pointer to a CHARFORMAT2 structure, which is a Rich Edit 2.0 extension to the CHARFORMAT structure to receive the character formatting attributes of the current selection.

Return Value

The dwMask data member of cf. It specifies the character formatting attributes that are consistent throughout the current selection.

Remarks

The cf parameter receives the attributes of the first character in the current selection. The return value specifies which attributes are consistent throughout the selection.

For more information, see the EM_GETCHARFORMAT message and the CHARFORMAT and CHARFORMAT2 structures in the Windows SDK.

Example

See the example for SetSelectionCharFormat.

Requirements

Header: afxcmn.h

See Also

Reference

CRichEditCtrl Class

Hierarchy Chart

CRichEditCtrl::GetDefaultCharFormat

CRichEditCtrl::GetParaFormat

CRichEditCtrl::SetSelectionCharFormat

CRichEditCtrl::GetSelText