How can I know current insert position?

I'm programing character count addin. It count from document start to current
insert position (cursor position) not document end.

Does it exist api - get current insert/cursor position?

Jezebel
Tue Mar 13 01:13:23 CDT 2007

The current cursor position is the Selection object. So the 'cursor
position' you want is presumably is Selection.Start. The number of
characters in the document up to the cursor is given by

ActiveDocument.Range(0, Selection.Start).Characters.Count






"huh" <huh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D2EBA9E3-4860-4CEC-AE13-EE19B7216B9E@microsoft.com...
> I'm programing character count addin. It count from document start to
> current
> insert position (cursor position) not document end.
>
> Does it exist api - get current insert/cursor position?

huh
Tue Mar 13 20:04:03 CDT 2007

Thanks a lot Jezebel. It's working.

In addition, I add next routibe to confirm insert position.

if(Selection.Type == Word.WdSelectionType.wdSelectionIP) {
currentEnd = Selection.End;
}

But I think 'Range.Count' property is something wrong. It count everything
between start and end range.(If I make [2,2] table - table is blank -, count
property increse 6. If I add image, count property increse.)

I have used 'Range.ComputeStatistics()'. It was accuracy more than
Range.Count but more slow and insert position in Word is dismised. ;)

Somebody know more accuracy and fast method to count characters?

"Jezebel" wrote:

> The current cursor position is the Selection object. So the 'cursor
> position' you want is presumably is Selection.Start. The number of
> characters in the document up to the cursor is given by
>
> ActiveDocument.Range(0, Selection.Start).Characters.Count
>
>
>
>
>
>
> "huh" <huh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D2EBA9E3-4860-4CEC-AE13-EE19B7216B9E@microsoft.com...
> > I'm programing character count addin. It count from document start to
> > current
> > insert position (cursor position) not document end.
> >
> > Does it exist api - get current insert/cursor position?
>
>
>

Jezebel
Tue Mar 13 20:14:39 CDT 2007

You need to define your terms. Range.Count includes a lot of things that you
wouldn't want to count as characters: eg paragraph marks, end-of-cell
markers in tables, field codes, etc. What are you actually trying to count,
for what purpose?

What's wrong with Range.Characters.Count?





"huh" <huh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FB0D0323-AD95-4378-95BA-18A4A919F4B5@microsoft.com...
> Thanks a lot Jezebel. It's working.
>
> In addition, I add next routibe to confirm insert position.
>
> if(Selection.Type == Word.WdSelectionType.wdSelectionIP) {
> currentEnd = Selection.End;
> }
>
> But I think 'Range.Count' property is something wrong. It count everything
> between start and end range.(If I make [2,2] table - table is blank -,
> count
> property increse 6. If I add image, count property increse.)
>
> I have used 'Range.ComputeStatistics()'. It was accuracy more than
> Range.Count but more slow and insert position in Word is dismised. ;)
>
> Somebody know more accuracy and fast method to count characters?
>
> "Jezebel" wrote:
>
>> The current cursor position is the Selection object. So the 'cursor
>> position' you want is presumably is Selection.Start. The number of
>> characters in the document up to the cursor is given by
>>
>> ActiveDocument.Range(0, Selection.Start).Characters.Count
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> "huh" <huh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>> news:D2EBA9E3-4860-4CEC-AE13-EE19B7216B9E@microsoft.com...
>> > I'm programing character count addin. It count from document start to
>> > current
>> > insert position (cursor position) not document end.
>> >
>> > Does it exist api - get current insert/cursor position?
>>
>>
>>

huh
Tue Mar 13 20:32:05 CDT 2007

My boss order to me ;-(, make addin that count characters between start to
current insert position periodically.

characters mean 'characters(with space)' value in statistic dialog that is
built-in Word 2007.

"Jezebel" wrote:

> You need to define your terms. Range.Count includes a lot of things that you
> wouldn't want to count as characters: eg paragraph marks, end-of-cell
> markers in tables, field codes, etc. What are you actually trying to count,
> for what purpose?
>
> What's wrong with Range.Characters.Count?
>
>
>
>
>
> "huh" <huh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:FB0D0323-AD95-4378-95BA-18A4A919F4B5@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks a lot Jezebel. It's working.
> >
> > In addition, I add next routibe to confirm insert position.
> >
> > if(Selection.Type == Word.WdSelectionType.wdSelectionIP) {
> > currentEnd = Selection.End;
> > }
> >
> > But I think 'Range.Count' property is something wrong. It count everything
> > between start and end range.(If I make [2,2] table - table is blank -,
> > count
> > property increse 6. If I add image, count property increse.)
> >
> > I have used 'Range.ComputeStatistics()'. It was accuracy more than
> > Range.Count but more slow and insert position in Word is dismised. ;)
> >
> > Somebody know more accuracy and fast method to count characters?
> >
> > "Jezebel" wrote:
> >
> >> The current cursor position is the Selection object. So the 'cursor
> >> position' you want is presumably is Selection.Start. The number of
> >> characters in the document up to the cursor is given by
> >>
> >> ActiveDocument.Range(0, Selection.Start).Characters.Count
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> "huh" <huh@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> >> news:D2EBA9E3-4860-4CEC-AE13-EE19B7216B9E@microsoft.com...
> >> > I'm programing character count addin. It count from document start to
> >> > current
> >> > insert position (cursor position) not document end.
> >> >
> >> > Does it exist api - get current insert/cursor position?
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>