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Import Library
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Header File
richedit.h
Unicode
WinNT
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CHARFORMAT

The CHARFORMAT structure contains information about character formatting in a rich edit control.

typedef struct _charformat {

UINT cbSize;

_WPAD _wPad1;

DWORD dwMask;

DWORD dwEffects;

LONG yHeight;

LONG yOffset;

COLORREF crTextColor;

BYTE bCharSet;

BYTE bPitchAndFamily;

CHAR szFaceName[LF_FACESIZE];

_WPAD _wPad2;

} CHARFORMAT;

Members

cbSize

Size in bytes of this structure. Must be set before passing the structure to the rich edit control.

dwMask

Members containing valid information or attributes to set. This member can be zero or more of the following values:

Value
Meaning
CFM_BOLD
The CFE_BOLD value of the dwEffects member is valid.
CFM_COLOR
The crTextColor member and the CFE_AUTOCOLOR value of the dwEffects member are valid.
CFM_FACE
The szFaceName member is valid.
CFM_ITALIC
The CFE_ITALIC value of the dwEffects member is valid.
CFM_OFFSET
The yOffset member is valid.
CFM_PROTECTED
The CFE_PROTECTED value of the dwEffects member is valid.
CFM_SIZE
The yHeight member is valid.
CFM_STRIKEOUT
The CFE_STRIKEOUT value of the dwEffects member is valid.
CFM_UNDERLINE.
The CFE_UNDERLINE value of the dwEffects member is valid.

dwEffects

Character effects. This member can be a combination of the following values:

Value
Meaning
CFE_AUTOCOLOR
The text color is the return value of GetSysColor (COLOR_WINDOWTEXT).
CFE_BOLD
Characters are bold.
CFE_ITALIC
Characters are italic.
CFE_STRIKEOUT
Characters are struck out.
CFE_UNDERLINE
Characters are underlined.
CFE_PROTECTED
Characters are protected; an attempt to modify them will cause an EN_PROTECTED notification message.

yHeight

Character height.

yOffset

Character offset from the baseline. If this member is positive, the character is a superscript; if it is negative, the character is a subscript.

crTextColor

Text color. This member is ignored if the CFE_AUTOCOLOR character effect is specified.

bCharSet

Character set value. Can be one of the values specified for the lfCharSet member of the LOGFONT structure.

bPitchAndFamily

Font family and pitch. This member is the same as the lfPitchAndFamily member of the LOGFONT structure.

szFaceName

Null-terminated character array specifying the font face name.

Remarks

This structure is used with the EM_GETCHARFORMAT and EM_SETCHARFORMAT messages.

See Also

GetSysColor
, EM_GETCHARFORMAT, EM_SETCHARFORMAT, EN_PROTECTED, LOGFONT


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