Line - DfBaseRichEdit

Returns specified line of text

Type: Function
Return Data Type: string

Parameters

Parameter	Type	Description
iLine	integer	Number of line (zero-based)

Syntax

Function Line integer iLine Returns string

Call Example

Get Line iLine to stringVariable

Description

Returns line of text with zero-based number iLine from control.

This method has no effect if control is not paged.

Sample

This sample gets the text of the current line in control oRichEdit1 and displays it to the user in a message box. The current line number is determined by calling function LineFromChar with a -1 parameter.

Procedure DisplayCurrentLine
    integer iLineNum iCurrentLineNum
    string sLine

    // indicates that we want the current line
    move -1 to iLineNum

    // get the line number of the current line
    get LineFromChar of oRichEdit1 iLineNum to iCurrentLineNum
    // get the text of the current line
    get Line of oRichEdit1 iCurrentLineNum to sLine

    send Info_Box sLine ("Line number " + string(iCurrentLineNum))
End_Procedure // DisplayCurrentLine

Return Value

Text of specified line in control.