by Tim O (2 Submissions)
Category: Custom Controls/Forms/Menus
Compatability: VB 6.0
Difficulty: Unknown Difficulty
Originally Published: Mon 27th March 2006
Date Added: Mon 8th February 2021
Rating: 
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Highlight words in RichTextBox using this simple function. This function requires 3 parameters to work, the RichTextBox as an object, the word
API Declarations
'This is highlight all occurances of paramter 2
'LockWindowUpdate used to prevent flickering as text is highlighted
Private Declare Function LockWindowUpdate Lib "user32" (ByVal thWnd As Long) As Long
VBcoders
Dim cStart As Long: cStart = 1
With tRich
LockWindowUpdate .hWnd
Dim sStart As Long, sLen As Long: sStart = .SelStart: sLen = .SelLength
cStart = (InStr(cStart, LCase(.Text), tWord) - 1)
Do While cStart <> -1
.SelStart = cStart
.SelLength = Len(tWord)
.SelColor = tColor
If Len(.Text) > (cStart + Len(tWord)) Then
cStart = (InStr((cStart + Len(tWord)), LCase(.Text), tWord) - 1)
Else
cStart = -1
End If
Loop
.SelStart = sStart
.SelLength = sLen
LockWindowUpdate 0
End With
End Function
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