NAME

 OlTextEditReadSubString

SYNOPSIS

#include <buffutil.h>
#include <textbuff.h>
#include <Dynamic.h>
#include <TextEdit.h>
 ...
extern Boolean OlTextEditReadSubString(ctx, buffer, start, end)
TextEditWidget ctx;
char ∗∗ buffer;
TextPosition start;
TextPosition end;

DESCRIPTION

The OlTextEditReadSubString function is used to retrieve a copy of a substring from the TextBuffer associated with the TextEdit Widget ctx between positions start through end inclusive.  The storage required for the copy is allocated by this routine; it is the responsibility of the caller to free this storage when appropriate. 

RETURN VALUE

FALSE is returned if the widget supplied is not a TextEdit Widget or if the operation fails; otherwise TRUE is returned.

SEE ALSO

OlTextEditCopyBuffer(3), TextEdit Widget

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