Get underlined text as strings

Question

Say I have a very basic text editor, like the one described here:

http://aclacl.brinkster.net/MFC/ch12e.htm

This text editor is able to create, save, and open a file that contains the following formatted text:

Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipisicing elit, sed do eiusmod tempor incididunt ut labore et dolore magna aliqua. Ut enim ad minim veniam, quis nostrud exercitation ullamco laboris nisi ut aliquip ex ea commodo consequat. Duis aute irure dolor in reprehenderit in voluptate velit esse cillum dolore eu fugiat nulla pariatur. Excepteur sint occaecat cupidatat non proident, sunt in culpa qui officia deserunt mollit anim id est laborum.

Now imagine that the text in italics is UNDERLINED as well.

Is there a way to get each instance of underlined text in the above passage as Strings?

Also, is there a method available to get any text that is currently selected as a String?

Yes and yes. Read e.g. the documentation for [`CFont`](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/stebcezc.aspx) and the [Rich text control](http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb787605%28v=vs.85%29.aspx). — Some programmer dude, Dec 12 '13 at 05:57
Hi Joachim, thanks for the reply. Though I found the method to get currently selected text as a String(EM_GETSELTEXT)....I still can't seem to find how you would get each instance of underlined text as Strings....I assume what you were getting at is that the answer lies with the CFont Class, but I've looked through the documentation and still can't figure it out. Could you kindly elaborate? — pintee, Dec 12 '13 at 07:15
Stream out the text as RTF. Parse it. Or analyze the formatting at each position and find out if the format contains the underline option. — xMRi, Dec 12 '13 at 08:24
xMRi - Sounds inefficient....so there isn't a method in Rich Text Control to make this process easier? — pintee, Dec 12 '13 at 08:56

score 0 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 11:57

Just, I would like to show you a clue between several methods.

CHARFORMAT cf;
CString text;
GetDlgItemText(IDC_RICHEDIT21, text);

//loop for all text in rich edit control
for(int i = 0; i < text.GetLength(); i++)
{
    m_rich->SetSel(0 + i, i + 1); //from start to end character
    m_rich->GetSelectionCharFormat(cf);

    if(cf.dwEffects & CFE_UNDERLINE) //check whether underline character
    {
        //get underline character using GetSelText() etc.
    }
}

However, this code does not concern any aspect of performance, so if there are many string and underlined characters in rich edit control, you have to check execute time, etc. Also, I think xMRi's reply is basic and correct method.

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