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This function sets the minimum and maximum position values for the specified scroll bar. It can also be used to hide or show a standard scroll bar. SetScrollRangeis provided for compatibility with Windows 3. x. Win32-based applications should use the SetScrollInfofunction.

Syntax 

BOOL SetScrollRange( 
  HWND 
hWnd, 
  int 
nBar, 
  int 
nMinPos, 
  int 
nMaxPos, 
  BOOL 
bRedraw 
);

Parameters

hWnd

Handle to a scroll bar control or a window with a standard scroll bar, depending on the value of the nBarparameter.

nBar

Specifies the scroll bar to be set. This parameter can be one of the following values.

Value Description

SB_CTL

Sets the range of a scroll bar control. The hWndparameter must be the handle to the scroll bar control.

SB_HORZ

Sets the range of a window's standard horizontal scroll bar.

SB_VERT

Sets the range of a window's standard vertical scroll bar.
nMinPos

Specifies the minimum scrolling position.

nMaxPos

Specifies the maximum scrolling position.

bRedraw

Boolean that specifies whether the scroll bar should be redrawn to reflect the change. If this parameter is TRUE, the scroll bar is redrawn. If it is FALSE, the scroll bar is not redrawn.

Return Value

Nonzero indicates success. Zero indicates failure. To get extended error information, call GetLastError.

Remarks

You can use SetScrollRangeto hide the scroll bar by setting nMinPosand nMaxPosto the same value. An application should not call the SetScrollRangefunction to hide a scroll bar while processing a scroll bar message.

If the call to SetScrollRangeimmediately follows a call to the SetScrollPosfunction, the bRedrawparameter in SetScrollPosmust be zero to prevent the scroll bar from being drawn twice.

The default range for a standard scroll bar or a scroll bar control is 0 through 100. The difference between the values specified by the nMinPosand nMaxPosparameters must not be greater than the value of MAXLONG.

Because the messages that indicate scroll bar position, WM_HSCROLL and WM_VSCROLL, are limited to 16 bits of position data, applications that rely solely on those messages for position data have a practical maximum value of 65,535 for the SetScrollRangefunction's nMaxPosparameter.

However, because the SetScrollInfo, SetScrollPos, SetScrollRange, GetScrollInfo, GetScrollPos, and GetScrollRangefunctions support 32-bit scroll bar position data, there is a way to circumvent the 16-bit barrier of the WM_HSCROLL and WM_VSCROLL messages. See GetScrollInfofor a description of the technique.

Requirements

Header winuser.h
Library Sbcmn.lib
Windows Embedded CE Windows CE 2.0 and later
Windows Mobile Windows Mobile Version 5.0 and later

See Also