How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?

For example, if the text "1234567" is typed into a XbpSLE object and the 
user manually clicks the mouse inside the object and puts the cursor 
between the 3 and 4 (example: 123|4567), how can I retrieve the cursor 
position to know it is currently at position 4?

I'm searched the newsgroups, and there are a lot of posts regarding how 
to manually set the cursor position using the :setMarked() method, but I 
can't find any examples of how to find out where the cursor is currently 
positioned.

Is there a way to do this?  If so, how?

Thanks!

Chris Carmac

Is there a ::Get:Pos iVar? I still use the old XBPGET.prg from Alaska 
and it refers to ::Get:Pos to determine and set the cursor position.

HTH,

John.


On 10/19/2016 10:05 AM, Chris Carmac wrote:
> How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?
>
> For example, if the text "1234567" is typed into a XbpSLE object and the
> user manually clicks the mouse inside the object and puts the cursor
> between the 3 and 4 (example: 123|4567), how can I retrieve the cursor
> position to know it is currently at position 4?
>
> I'm searched the newsgroups, and there are a lot of posts regarding how
> to manually set the cursor position using the :setMarked() method, but I
> can't find any examples of how to find out where the cursor is currently
> positioned.
>
> Is there a way to do this?  If so, how?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris Carmac

Chris,

>How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?

oSLE:QueryMarked() -> aMarked

>For example, if the text "1234567" is typed into a XbpSLE object and the 
>user manually clicks the mouse inside the object and puts the cursor 
>between the 3 and 4 (example: 123|4567), how can I retrieve the cursor 
>position to know it is currently at position 4?

If the cursor is between the "3" and the "4", :QueryMarked() would return: 
{4, 4} and if the "4" is highlighted, :QueryMarked() would return: {4, 5}.

Hope that helps,

Andreas

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On 10/19/2016 10:05 AM, Chris Carmac wrote:
> How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?
>
> For example, if the text "1234567" is typed into a XbpSLE object and the
> user manually clicks the mouse inside the object and puts the cursor
> between the 3 and 4 (example: 123|4567), how can I retrieve the cursor
> position to know it is currently at position 4?
>
> I'm searched the newsgroups, and there are a lot of posts regarding how
> to manually set the cursor position using the :setMarked() method, but I
> can't find any examples of how to find out where the cursor is currently
> positioned.
>
> Is there a way to do this?  If so, how?
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris Carmac


John and Andreas,

Thanks for your quick responses!  I tested the :queryMarked() method 
that Andreas suggested, and it looks like that will work for what I need.

I appreciate the help! 

Chris

Good afternoon.
I am having a strange behavior of XbpGet() when I move the right and 
left arrows in the first time that I start a Get() edition.
I will investigate it soon. Does someone has this problem too?

Fraternally
Beling


Em 19/10/2016 19:12, Chris Carmac escreveu:
> On 10/19/2016 10:05 AM, Chris Carmac wrote:
>> How do I retrieve the position of the cursor within a XbpSLE object?
>>
>> For example, if the text "1234567" is typed into a XbpSLE object and the
>> user manually clicks the mouse inside the object and puts the cursor
>> between the 3 and 4 (example: 123|4567), how can I retrieve the cursor
>> position to know it is currently at position 4?
>>
>> I'm searched the newsgroups, and there are a lot of posts regarding how
>> to manually set the cursor position using the :setMarked() method, but I
>> can't find any examples of how to find out where the cursor is currently
>> positioned.
>>
>> Is there a way to do this?  If so, how?
>>
>> Thanks!
>>
>> Chris Carmac
>
>
> John and Andreas,
>
> Thanks for your quick responses!  I tested the :queryMarked() method
> that Andreas suggested, and it looks like that will work for what I need.
>
> I appreciate the help! 
>
> Chris