This message returns the location of the selection in several different forms. The insertion points lie between characters, and start at a zero origin before the first character in the MLE. Subtracting the minimum from the maximum gives the number of characters in the selection. This is not necessarily the number of bytes of ASCII. The line-break character is a CR LF (2 bytes) and all DBCS characters are 2 bytes. To determine the number of bytes, use MLM_QUERYFORMATTEXTLENGTH, being sure that the format choice set by MLM_FORMAT is set to what is used when the data is exported from the MLE (for example, MLE_CFTEXT for MLM_QUERYSELTEXT).

Note the following:

• If anchor point > cursor point, minimum point = cursor point and maximum point = anchor point.

• If anchor point < cursor point, minimum point = anchor point and maximum point = cursor point.