<![CDATA[How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message.]]>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.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/topic/24412/how-can-i-find-the-value-to-send-to-notepad-through-send-messageRSS for NodeThu, 15 Oct 2026 13:56:37 GMTThu, 27 Apr 2023 16:52:17 GMT60<![CDATA[Reply to How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message. on Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:42:41 GMT]]>This is great! Thank you all for your comments and suggestions, and a special thanks goes to @Alan-Kilborn for providing the table.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86009https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86009Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:42:41 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message. on Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:38:53 GMT]]>@PeterJones I totally overlooked the 0x0400 on the top, I looked at the table below and got confused :)

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86008https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/86008Sat, 29 Apr 2023 00:38:53 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message. on Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:26:02 GMT]]>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
]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85989https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85989Fri, 28 Apr 2023 12:26:02 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message. on Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:25:28 GMT]]>@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.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85984https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85984Fri, 28 Apr 2023 05:25:28 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message. on Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:51:24 GMT]]>@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

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85979https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85979Thu, 27 Apr 2023 17:51:24 GMT<![CDATA[Reply to How can I find the value to send to Notepad++ through send message. on Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:58:57 GMT]]>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.

]]>https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85978https://community.notepad-plus-plus.org/post/85978Thu, 27 Apr 2023 16:58:57 GMT