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    • asadMarmashA
      asadMarmash
      last edited by

      Greetings, I want to use the send message functionality to get the current line number and column from Notepad++ by an external program which is AutoHotKey. AutoHotKey requires the message to be a number, and not a code like (NPPM_GETCURRENTLINE or NPPM_GETCURRENTCOLUMN)
      I looked at the “Notepad_plus_msgs.h” file but the #define lines are slightly ambiguous and I can’t seem to find the number that I should send to notepad++ to get the current line number and column number.

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      • asadMarmashA
        asadMarmash @asadMarmash
        last edited by

        I figured it out, I had to calculate the number myself and assume WM_USER to be equal to 1024. So for example for NPPM_GETCURRENTLINE, it is 1024 + 3000 + 8 which is equal to 4032.

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        • PeterJonesP
          PeterJones @asadMarmash
          last edited by

          @asadMarmash said in How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message.:

          I had to calculate the number myself

          Correct.

          and assume WM_USER to be equal to 1024

          That’s a given, not an assumption, per MS documentation for WM_USER

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          • dinkumoilD
            dinkumoil @asadMarmash
            last edited by

            @asadMarmash said in How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message.:

            I had to calculate the number myself

            Another way is to let the NppExec plugin do the math. Install this plugin via PluginsAdmin and open its console. Then type:

            set $(var) ~ NPPM_GETCURRENTLINE
            echo $(var)
            

            The output will be (as expected) 4032.

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            • Alan KilbornA
              Alan Kilborn @dinkumoil
              last edited by Alan Kilborn

              Here’s a table for the plugin messages; hopefully complete – it’s autogenerated so I just “spot-checked”. It should be current to N++ v8.5.2.

              (Aside: making it gave me the first practical use for the script from THIS thread. What I needed was remarkably similar to the OP’s need from that thread!)

              NPPM_xxx Value
              NPPM_GETCURRENTSCINTILLA 2028
              NPPM_GETCURRENTLANGTYPE 2029
              NPPM_SETCURRENTLANGTYPE 2030
              NPPM_GETNBOPENFILES 2031
              NPPM_GETOPENFILENAMES 2032
              NPPM_MODELESSDIALOG 2036
              NPPM_GETNBSESSIONFILES 2037
              NPPM_GETSESSIONFILES 2038
              NPPM_SAVESESSION 2039
              NPPM_SAVECURRENTSESSION 2040
              NPPM_GETOPENFILENAMESPRIMARY 2041
              NPPM_GETOPENFILENAMESSECOND 2042
              NPPM_CREATESCINTILLAHANDLE 2044
              NPPM_DESTROYSCINTILLAHANDLE 2045
              NPPM_GETNBUSERLANG 2046
              NPPM_GETCURRENTDOCINDEX 2047
              NPPM_SETSTATUSBAR 2048
              NPPM_GETMENUHANDLE 2049
              NPPM_ENCODESCI 2050
              NPPM_DECODESCI 2051
              NPPM_ACTIVATEDOC 2052
              NPPM_LAUNCHFINDINFILESDLG 2053
              NPPM_DMMSHOW 2054
              NPPM_DMMHIDE 2055
              NPPM_DMMUPDATEDISPINFO 2056
              NPPM_DMMREGASDCKDLG 2057
              NPPM_LOADSESSION 2058
              NPPM_DMMVIEWOTHERTAB 2059
              NPPM_RELOADFILE 2060
              NPPM_SWITCHTOFILE 2061
              NPPM_SAVECURRENTFILE 2062
              NPPM_SAVEALLFILES 2063
              NPPM_SETMENUITEMCHECK 2064
              NPPM_ADDTOOLBARICON_DEPRECATED 2065
              NPPM_GETWINDOWSVERSION 2066
              NPPM_DMMGETPLUGINHWNDBYNAME 2067
              NPPM_MAKECURRENTBUFFERDIRTY 2068
              NPPM_GETENABLETHEMETEXTUREFUNC_DEPRECATED 2069
              NPPM_GETPLUGINSCONFIGDIR 2070
              NPPM_MSGTOPLUGIN 2071
              NPPM_MENUCOMMAND 2072
              NPPM_TRIGGERTABBARCONTEXTMENU 2073
              NPPM_GETNPPVERSION 2074
              NPPM_HIDETABBAR 2075
              NPPM_ISTABBARHIDDEN 2076
              NPPM_GETPOSFROMBUFFERID 2081
              NPPM_GETFULLPATHFROMBUFFERID 2082
              NPPM_GETBUFFERIDFROMPOS 2083
              NPPM_GETCURRENTBUFFERID 2084
              NPPM_RELOADBUFFERID 2085
              NPPM_GETBUFFERLANGTYPE 2088
              NPPM_SETBUFFERLANGTYPE 2089
              NPPM_GETBUFFERENCODING 2090
              NPPM_SETBUFFERENCODING 2091
              NPPM_GETBUFFERFORMAT 2092
              NPPM_SETBUFFERFORMAT 2093
              NPPM_HIDETOOLBAR 2094
              NPPM_ISTOOLBARHIDDEN 2095
              NPPM_HIDEMENU 2096
              NPPM_ISMENUHIDDEN 2097
              NPPM_HIDESTATUSBAR 2098
              NPPM_ISSTATUSBARHIDDEN 2099
              NPPM_GETSHORTCUTBYCMDID 2100
              NPPM_DOOPEN 2101
              NPPM_SAVECURRENTFILEAS 2102
              NPPM_GETCURRENTNATIVELANGENCODING 2103
              NPPM_ALLOCATESUPPORTED 2104
              NPPM_ALLOCATECMDID 2105
              NPPM_ALLOCATEMARKER 2106
              NPPM_GETLANGUAGENAME 2107
              NPPM_GETLANGUAGEDESC 2108
              NPPM_SHOWDOCLIST 2109
              NPPM_ISDOCLISTSHOWN 2110
              NPPM_GETAPPDATAPLUGINSALLOWED 2111
              NPPM_GETCURRENTVIEW 2112
              NPPM_DOCLISTDISABLEEXTCOLUMN 2113
              NPPM_GETEDITORDEFAULTFOREGROUNDCOLOR 2114
              NPPM_GETEDITORDEFAULTBACKGROUNDCOLOR 2115
              NPPM_SETSMOOTHFONT 2116
              NPPM_SETEDITORBORDEREDGE 2117
              NPPM_SAVEFILE 2118
              NPPM_DISABLEAUTOUPDATE 2119
              NPPM_REMOVESHORTCUTBYCMDID 2120
              NPPM_GETPLUGINHOMEPATH 2121
              NPPM_GETSETTINGSONCLOUDPATH 2122
              NPPM_SETLINENUMBERWIDTHMODE 2123
              NPPM_GETLINENUMBERWIDTHMODE 2124
              NPPM_ADDTOOLBARICON_FORDARKMODE 2125
              NPPM_DOCLISTDISABLEPATHCOLUMN 2126
              NPPM_GETEXTERNALLEXERAUTOINDENTMODE 2127
              NPPM_SETEXTERNALLEXERAUTOINDENTMODE 2128
              NPPM_ISAUTOINDENTON 2129
              NPPM_GETCURRENTMACROSTATUS 2130
              NPPM_ISDARKMODEENABLED 2131
              NPPM_GETDARKMODECOLORS 2132
              NPPM_GETCURRENTCMDLINE 2133
              NPPM_CREATELEXER 2134
              NPPM_GETBOOKMARKID 2135
              NPPM_ALLOCATEINDICATOR 2137
              NPPM_GETFULLCURRENTPATH 4025
              NPPM_GETCURRENTDIRECTORY 4026
              NPPM_GETFILENAME 4027
              NPPM_GETNAMEPART 4028
              NPPM_GETEXTPART 4029
              NPPM_GETCURRENTWORD 4030
              NPPM_GETNPPDIRECTORY 4031
              NPPM_GETCURRENTLINE 4032
              NPPM_GETCURRENTCOLUMN 4033
              NPPM_GETNPPFULLFILEPATH 4034
              NPPM_GETFILENAMEATCURSOR 4035
              NPPM_GETCURRENTLINESTR 4036
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              • asadMarmashA
                asadMarmash @PeterJones
                last edited by

                @PeterJones I totally overlooked the 0x0400 on the top, I looked at the table below and got confused :)

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                • asadMarmashA
                  asadMarmash
                  last edited by

                  This is great! Thank you all for your comments and suggestions, and a special thanks goes to @Alan-Kilborn for providing the table.

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