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Remarks

Given a text position, retrieves the text string. 

To set the text string at a specified position use the abmSetTextOnPos function.

Return value

A string containing the selected text. 

If using this function from within Visual Basic 6, remember to convert the returned value from UNICODE using the StrConv function and its related vbFromUnicode option, as in the sample below: 

MsgBox StrConv(abmGetTextOnPos(Command1.hwnd, TEXTPOS_CAPTION), vbFromUnicode)

Syntax

 

BSTR abmGetTextOnPos  ( 

HWND hWndBtn, 

short nPosition 

); 

 

 

Parameters	Description
hWndBtn	Windows handle associated to the button.
nPosition	The numeric value of the text that will be retrieved. Supported values are the following:  Mnemonic constant Meaning TEXTPOS_CAPTION (0) Gets the caption text TEXTPOS_LT (1) Gets the Left-Top text TEXTPOS_CT (2) Gets the Center-Top text TEXTPOS_RT (3) Gets the Right-Top text TEXTPOS_LM (4) Gets the Left-Middle text TEXTPOS_RM (5) Gets the Right-Middle text TEXTPOS_LB (6) Gets the Left-Bottom text TEXTPOS_CB (7) Gets the Center-Bottom text TEXTPOS_RB (8) Gets the Right-Bottom text