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+/*************************************************************************
+ *
+ * File Name (AccessibleText.idl)
+ *
+ * IAccessible2 IDL Specification
+ *
+ * Copyright (c) 2007, 2013 Linux Foundation
+ * Copyright (c) 2006 IBM Corporation
+ * Copyright (c) 2000, 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc.
+ * All rights reserved.
+ *
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions
+ * are met:
+ *
+ * 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright
+ * notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above
+ * copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following
+ * disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials
+ * provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * 3. Neither the name of the Linux Foundation nor the names of its
+ * contributors may be used to endorse or promote products
+ * derived from this software without specific prior written
+ * permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND
+ * CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES,
+ * INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
+ * MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE
+ * DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR
+ * CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
+ * SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT
+ * NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES;
+ * LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION)
+ * HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
+ * OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE,
+ * EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ *
+ * This BSD License conforms to the Open Source Initiative "Simplified
+ * BSD License" as published at:
+ * http://www.opensource.org/licenses/bsd-license.php
+ *
+ * IAccessible2 is a trademark of the Linux Foundation. The IAccessible2
+ * mark may be used in accordance with the Linux Foundation Trademark
+ * Policy to indicate compliance with the IAccessible2 specification.
+ *
+ ************************************************************************/
+
+import "objidl.idl";
+import "oaidl.idl";
+import "oleacc.idl";
+import "IA2CommonTypes.idl";
+
+/** A structure containing a substring and the start and end offsets in the enclosing string.
+
+ IAccessibleText::newText and IAccessibleText::oldText return this struct.
+*/
+typedef struct IA2TextSegment {
+ BSTR text; ///< A copy of a segment of text taken from an enclosing paragraph.
+ long start; ///< Index of the first character of the segment in the enclosing text.
+ long end; ///< Index of the character following the last character of the segment in the enclosing text.
+} IA2TextSegment;
+
+/** This enum defines values which specify a text boundary type.
+
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_SENTENCE is optional. When a method doesn't implement this
+ method it must return S_FALSE. Typically this feature would not be implemented
+ by an application. However, if the application developer was not satisfied with
+ how screen readers have handled the reading of sentences this boundary type
+ could be implemented and screen readers could use the application's version of a
+ sentence rather than the screen reader's.
+
+ The rest of the boundary types must be supported.
+
+ This enum is used in IAccessibleText::textBeforeOffset, IAccessibleText::textAtOffset,
+ and IAccessibleText::textAfterOffset.
+*/
+
+enum IA2TextBoundaryType {
+ /** Typically, a single character is returned. In some cases more than one
+ character is returned, for example, when a document contains field data such
+ as a field containing a date, time, or footnote reference. In this case
+ the caret can move over several characters in one movement of the caret.
+ Note, that after the caret moves, the caret offset changes by the number of
+ characters in the field, e.g. by 8 characters in the following date: 03/26/07.
+ */
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_CHAR,
+
+ /** The range provided matches the range observed when the application
+ processes the Ctrl + left arrow and Ctrl + right arrow key sequences.
+ Typically this is from the start of one word to the start of the next, but
+ various applications are inconsistent in the handling of the end of a line.
+ */
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_WORD,
+
+ /** Range is from start of one sentence to the start of another sentence.
+ */
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_SENTENCE,
+
+ /** Range is from start of one paragraph to the start of another paragraph.
+ */
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_PARAGRAPH,
+
+ /** Range is from start of one line to the start of another line. This often
+ means that an end-of-line character will appear at the end of the range.
+ However in the case of some applications an end-of-line character indicates
+ the end of a paragraph and the lines composing the paragraph, other than
+ the last line, do not contain an end of line character.
+ */
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_LINE,
+
+ /** <b>Deprecated.</b> Using this value will cause all text to be returned.
+ Note: IAccessibleText::text should be used instead.
+ */
+ IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_ALL
+};
+
+/** @brief This interface gives read-only access to text.
+
+ The %IAccessibleText interface should be implemented by all components
+ that present textual information on the display like buttons,
+ text entry fields, or text portions of the document window. The interface
+ provides access to the text's content, attributes, and spatial location.
+ However, text can not be modified with this interface. That is the task
+ of the IAccessibleEditableText interface.
+
+ The text length, i.e. the number of characters in the text, is
+ returned by IAccessibleText::nCharacters. All methods that operate
+ on particular characters (e.g. IAccessibleText::textAtOffset) use character
+ indices from 0 to length-1. All methods that operate on character positions
+ (e.g. IAccessibleText::text) use indices from 0 to length.
+
+ Please note that accessible text does not necessarily support selection.
+ In this case it should behave as if there where no selection. An empty
+ selection is used for example to express the current cursor position.
+
+ Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+
+ E_FAIL is returned in the following cases
+ @li endOffset < startOffset
+ @li endoffset > length
+*/
+[object, uuid(24FD2FFB-3AAD-4a08-8335-A3AD89C0FB4B)]
+interface IAccessibleText : IUnknown
+{
+
+ /** @brief Adds a text selection
+ @param [in] startOffset
+ Starting offset ( 0 based).
+ @param [in] endOffset
+ Offset of first character after new selection (0 based).
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ @note Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ */
+ HRESULT addSelection
+ (
+ [in] long startOffset,
+ [in] long endOffset
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns text attributes.
+ @param [in] offset
+ Text offset (0 based). Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ @param [out] startOffset
+ The starting offset of the character range over which all text attributes match
+ those of offset. (0 based)
+ @param [out] endOffset
+ The offset of the first character past the character range over which all text
+ attributes match those of offset. (0 based)
+ @param [out] textAttributes
+ A string of attributes describing the text. The attributes are described in the
+ <a href="http://www.linuxfoundation.org/en/Accessibility/IAccessible2/TextAttributes">
+ text attributes specification</a> on the %IAccessible2 web site.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if there is nothing to return, [out] values are 0s and NULL respectively
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT attributes
+ (
+ [in] long offset,
+ [out] long *startOffset,
+ [out] long *endOffset,
+ [out, retval] BSTR *textAttributes
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns the position of the caret.
+
+ Returns the 0-based offset of the caret within the text. If the text is
+ implemented as a tree of text objects with embed characters in higher levels
+ representing substrings of child text objects and the caret is in one of the
+ child text objects, then the offset in the higher level text object would be
+ at the embed character representing child text object that contains the caret.
+
+ For example, if the string "one two three" is implemented as a two text objects,
+ with a top level text object containing an embed character "one ? three" and a
+ child text object containing "two" and if the caret is in the descendant object
+ just before the 'o' in "two", then:
+ <ul>
+ <li>the caretOffset for the "one ? three" object would be 4, matching the embed character</li>
+ <li>the caretOffset for "two" would be 2, matching the "o"</li>
+ </ul>
+ The caret position/offset is that of the character logically following it, e.g.
+ to the right of it in a left to right language, or to the left of it in a right
+ to left language.
+ @param [out] offset
+ The returned offset is relative to the text represented by this object.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if the caret is not currently active on this object, i.e. the
+ caret is located on some other object. The returned offset value will be -1.
+ @note S_FALSE (and an offset of -1) will not be returned if the caret is somewhere
+ in the text object or one of its descendants.
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT caretOffset
+ (
+ [out, retval] long *offset
+ );
+
+
+ /** @brief Returns the bounding box of the specified position.
+
+ The virtual character after the last character of the represented
+ text, i.e. the one at position length is a special case. It represents the
+ current input position and will therefore typically be queried by AT more
+ often than other positions. Because it does not represent an existing character
+ its bounding box is defined in relation to preceding characters. It should be
+ roughly equivalent to the bounding box of some character when inserted at the
+ end of the text. Its height typically being the maximal height of all the
+ characters in the text or the height of the preceding character, its width being
+ at least one pixel so that the bounding box is not degenerate.
+
+ Note that the index 'length' is not always valid. Whether it is or not is
+ implementation dependent. It typically is when text is editable or otherwise
+ when on the screen the caret can be placed behind the text. You can be sure
+ that the index is valid after you have received a ::IA2_EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED
+ event for this index.
+ @param [in] offset
+ Index of the character for which to return its bounding box. The valid range
+ is 0..length. Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ @param [in] coordType
+ Specifies if the coordinates are relative to the screen or to the parent window.
+ @param [out] x
+ X coordinate of the top left corner of the bounding box of the referenced character.
+ @param [out] y
+ Y coordinate of the top left corner of the bounding box of the referenced character.
+ @param [out] width
+ Width of the bounding box of the referenced character.
+ @param [out] height
+ Height of the bounding box of the referenced character.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT characterExtents
+ (
+ [in] long offset,
+ [in] enum IA2CoordinateType coordType,
+ [out] long *x,
+ [out] long *y,
+ [out] long *width,
+ [out, retval] long *height
+ );
+
+
+ /** @brief Returns the number of active non-contiguous selections
+ @param [out] nSelections
+ @retval S_OK
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT nSelections
+ (
+ [out, retval] long *nSelections
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns the text position for the specified screen position.
+
+ Given a point return the zero-based index of the character under that
+ point. The same functionality could be achieved by using the bounding
+ boxes for each character as returned by IAccessibleText::characterExtents.
+ The method IAccessibleText::offsetAtPoint, however, can be implemented
+ more efficiently.
+
+ @param [in] x
+ The position's x value for which to look up the index of the character that
+ is rendered on to the display at that point.
+ @param [in] y
+ The position's y value for which to look up the index of the character that
+ is rendered on to the display at that point.
+ @param [in] coordType
+ Screen coordinates or window coordinates.
+ @param [out] offset
+ Index of the character under the given point or -1 if the point
+ is invalid or there is no character under the point.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if nothing to return, [out] value is -1
+
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT offsetAtPoint
+ (
+ [in] long x,
+ [in] long y,
+ [in] enum IA2CoordinateType coordType,
+ [out, retval] long *offset
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns the character offsets of Nth active text selection
+
+ Returns the 0-based starting and ending offsets of the Nth selection. If the
+ text is implemented as a tree of text objects with embed characters in higher
+ levels representing substrings of child text objects, consider the following.
+ If the starting selection offset is in one of the child text objects, then the
+ starting offset in the higher level text object would be at the embed character
+ representing the child text object that contains the starting selection offset.
+ If the ending selection offset is in one of the child text objects, then the
+ ending offset in the higher level text object would be just after the embed
+ character representing the child text object that contains the ending selection
+ offset.
+
+ For example, if the string "one two three" is implemented as a two text objects,
+ with a top level text object containing an embed character "one ? three" and a
+ child text object containing "two" and if the selection is the string "two" then:
+ <ul>
+ <li>the startOffset for the "one ? three" object would be 4, matching the embed character and the endOffset would be 5.</li>
+ <li>the startOffset for the "two" object would be 0, and the endOffset would be 3</li>
+ </ul>
+ Selection offsets are that of the character logically following it, e.g.
+ to the right of it in a left to right language or to the left of it in a right to left language.
+ @param [in] selectionIndex
+ Index of selection (0 based).
+ @param [out] startOffset
+ 0 based offset of first selected character
+ @param [out] endOffset
+ 0 based offset of one past the last selected character.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT selection
+ (
+ [in] long selectionIndex,
+ [out] long *startOffset,
+ [out, retval] long *endOffset
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns the substring between the two given indices.
+
+ The substring starts with the character at startOffset (inclusive) and up to
+ the character at endOffset (exclusive), if startOffset is less or equal
+ endOffset. If endOffset is lower than startOffset, the result is the same
+ as a call with the two arguments being exchanged.
+
+ The whole text can be requested by passing the indices zero and
+ IAccessibleText::nCharacters. If both indices have the same value, an empty
+ string is returned.
+ @param [in] startOffset
+ Index of the first character to include in the returned string. The valid range
+ is 0..length.
+ @param [in] endOffset
+ Index of the last character to exclude in the returned string. The valid range
+ is 0..length.
+ @param [out] text
+ Returns the substring starting with the character at startOffset (inclusive)
+ and up to the character at endOffset (exclusive), if startOffset is less than
+ or equal to endOffset.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ @note
+ @li The returned string may be longer than endOffset-startOffset bytes if text
+ contains multi-byte characters.
+ @li Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT text
+ (
+ [in] long startOffset,
+ [in] long endOffset,
+ [out, retval] BSTR *text
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns a text portion before the given position.
+
+ Returns the substring of the specified text type that is located before the
+ given character and does not include it. The result of this method should be
+ same as a result for IAccessibleText::textAtOffset with a suitably decreased
+ index value.
+
+ For example, if text type is ::IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_WORD, then the complete
+ word that is closest to and located before offset is returned.
+
+ If the index is valid, but no text is found, S_FALSE is returned along with out
+ values of 0, 0, and a NULL pointer. This would happen for boundary types other
+ than character when the text consists entirely of whitespace.
+
+ @param [in] offset
+ Index of the character for which to return the text part before it. The index
+ character will not be part of the returned string. The valid range is 0..length.
+ Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ @param [in] boundaryType
+ The type of the text portion to return. See ::IA2TextBoundaryType for the
+ complete list.
+ @param [out] startOffset
+ 0 based offset of first character.
+ @param [out] endOffset
+ 0 based offset of one past the last character.
+ @param [out] text
+ Returns the requested text portion. This portion may be empty or invalid when
+ no appropriate text portion is found or text type is invalid.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if the requested boundary type is not implemented, such as
+ ::IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_SENTENCE, or if there is nothing to return;
+ [out] values are 0s and NULL respectively
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT textBeforeOffset
+ (
+ [in] long offset,
+ [in] enum IA2TextBoundaryType boundaryType,
+ [out] long *startOffset,
+ [out] long *endOffset,
+ [out, retval] BSTR *text
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns a text portion after the given position.
+
+ Returns the substring of the specified text type that is located after the
+ given character and does not include it. The result of this method should be
+ same as a result for IAccessibleText::textAtOffset with a suitably increased
+ index value.
+
+ For example, if text type is ::IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_WORD, then the complete
+ word that is closest to and located after offset is returned.
+
+ If the index is valid, but no text is found, S_FALSE is returned along with out
+ values of 0, 0, and a NULL pointer. This would happen for boundary types other
+ than character when the text consists entirely of whitespace.
+
+ @param [in] offset
+ Index of the character for which to return the text part after it. The index
+ character will not be part of the returned string. The valid range is 0..length.
+ Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ @param [in] boundaryType
+ The type of the text portion to return. See ::IA2TextBoundaryType for the complete
+ list.
+ @param [out] startOffset
+ 0 based offset of first character.
+ @param [out] endOffset
+ 0 based offset of one past the last character.
+ @param [out] text
+ Returns the requested text portion. This portion may be empty or invalid when
+ no appropriate text portion is found or text type is invalid.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if the requested boundary type is not implemented, such as
+ ::IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_SENTENCE, or if there is nothing to return;
+ [out] values are 0s and NULL respectively
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT textAfterOffset
+ (
+ [in] long offset,
+ [in] enum IA2TextBoundaryType boundaryType,
+ [out] long *startOffset,
+ [out] long *endOffset,
+ [out, retval] BSTR *text
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns a text portion that spans the given position.
+
+ Returns the substring defined by the specified boundary type at the specified
+ offset. Refer to IA2TextBoundaryType for more details.
+
+ For the word boundary type the returned string will contain the word at the
+ offset if the offset is inside a word and will contain the word before the
+ offset if the offset is not inside a word. All offsets from the first to the
+ last characters of a word are considered inside the word. Boundary types of
+ sentence and paragraph should exhibit similar behavior.
+
+ If the index is valid, but no text is found, S_FALSE is returned along with out
+ values of 0, 0, and a NULL pointer. This would happen for boundary types other
+ than character when the text consists entirely of whitespace.
+
+ @param [in] offset
+ Index of the character for which to return the text part it belongs to. The valid
+ range is 0..length.
+ Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ @param [in] boundaryType
+ The type of the text portion to return. See ::IA2TextBoundaryType for the complete
+ list.
+ @param [out] startOffset
+ 0 based offset of first character.
+ @param [out] endOffset
+ 0 based offset of one past the last character.
+ @param [out] text
+ Returns the requested text portion. This portion may be empty or invalid when
+ no appropriate text portion is found or text type is invalid.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if the requested boundary type is not implemented, such as
+ ::IA2_TEXT_BOUNDARY_SENTENCE, or if there is nothing to return;
+ [out] values are 0s and NULL respectively
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT textAtOffset
+ (
+ [in] long offset,
+ [in] enum IA2TextBoundaryType boundaryType,
+ [out] long *startOffset,
+ [out] long *endOffset,
+ [out, retval] BSTR *text
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Unselects a range of text.
+ @param [in] selectionIndex
+ Index of selection to remove (0 based).
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ HRESULT removeSelection
+ (
+ [in] long selectionIndex
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Sets the position of the caret.
+
+ The caret position/offset is that of the character logically following it,
+ e.g. to the right of it in a left to right language.
+
+ Setting the caret position may or may not alter the current selection. A
+ change of the selection is notified to the accessibility event listeners with
+ an ::IA2_EVENT_TEXT_SELECTION_CHANGED event.
+
+ When the new caret position differs from the old one (which, of course, is the
+ standard case) this is notified to the accessibility event listeners with an
+ ::IA2_EVENT_TEXT_CARET_MOVED event.
+ @param [in] offset
+ The new index of the caret. This caret is actually placed to the left side of
+ the character with that index. An index of 0 places the caret so that the next
+ insertion goes before the first character. An index of IAccessibleText::nCharacters
+ leads to insertion after the last character. Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_FAIL if the caret cannot be set
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ */
+ HRESULT setCaretOffset
+ (
+ [in] long offset
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Changes the bounds of an existing selection.
+ @param [in] selectionIndex
+ Index of selection to change (0 based)
+ @param [in] startOffset
+ New starting offset (0 based)
+ @param [in] endOffset
+ New ending offset (0 based) - the offset of the character just past the last character of the selection.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ @note Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ */
+ HRESULT setSelection
+ (
+ [in] long selectionIndex,
+ [in] long startOffset,
+ [in] long endOffset
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns total number of characters.
+
+ Note that this may be different than the total number of bytes required to store the
+ text, if the text contains multi-byte characters.
+ @param [out] nCharacters
+ @retval S_OK
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT nCharacters
+ (
+ [out, retval] long *nCharacters
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Makes a specific part of string visible on screen.
+ @param [in] startIndex
+ 0 based character offset.
+ @param [in] endIndex
+ 0 based character offset - the offset of the character just past the last character of the string.
+ @param [in] scrollType
+ Defines where the object should be placed on the screen.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ @note Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ */
+ HRESULT scrollSubstringTo
+ (
+ [in] long startIndex,
+ [in] long endIndex,
+ [in] enum IA2ScrollType scrollType
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Moves the top left of a substring to a specified location.
+
+ @param [in] startIndex
+ 0 based character offset.
+ @param [in] endIndex
+ 0 based character offset - the offset of the character just past the last character of the string.
+ @param [in] coordinateType
+ Specifies whether the coordinates are relative to the screen or the parent object.
+ @param [in] x
+ Defines the x coordinate.
+ @param [in] y
+ Defines the y coordinate.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE if the object is already at the specified location.
+ @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed
+ @note Refer to @ref _specialOffsets
+ "Special Offsets for use in the IAccessibleText and IAccessibleEditableText Methods"
+ for information about special offsets that can be used in %IAccessibleText methods.
+ */
+ HRESULT scrollSubstringToPoint
+ (
+ [in] long startIndex,
+ [in] long endIndex,
+ [in] enum IA2CoordinateType coordinateType,
+ [in] long x,
+ [in] long y
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns any inserted text.
+
+ Provided for use by the ::IA2_EVENT_TEXT_INSERTED and ::IA2_EVENT_TEXT_UPDATED
+ event handlers.
+
+ This data is only guaranteed to be valid while the thread notifying the event
+ continues. Once the handler has returned, the validity of the data depends on
+ how the server manages the life cycle of its objects. Also, note that the server
+ may have different life cycle management strategies for controls depending on
+ whether or not a control manages its children. Lists, trees, and tables can have
+ a large number of children and thus it's possible that the child objects for those
+ controls would only be created as needed. Servers should document their life cycle
+ strategy as this will be of interest to assistive technology or script engines
+ accessing data out of process or from other threads. Servers only need to save the
+ last inserted block of text and a scope of the entire application is adequate.
+
+ @param [out] newText
+ The text that was just inserted.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE If there is nothing to return, the values of IA2TextSegment
+ struct are set as follows: text = NULL, start = 0, end = 0.
+
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT newText
+ (
+ [out, retval] IA2TextSegment *newText
+ );
+
+ /** @brief Returns any removed text.
+
+ Provided for use by the IA2_EVENT_TEXT_REMOVED/UPDATED event handlers.
+
+ This data is only guaranteed to be valid while the thread notifying the event
+ continues. Once the handler has returned, the validity of the data depends on
+ how the server manages the life cycle of its objects. Also, note that the server
+ may have different life cycle management strategies for controls depending on
+ whether or not a control manages its children. Lists, trees, and tables can have
+ a large number of children and thus it's possible that the child objects for those
+ controls would only be created as needed. Servers should document their life cycle
+ strategy as this will be of interest to assistive technology or script engines
+ accessing data out of process or from other threads. Servers only need to save the
+ last removed block of text and a scope of the entire application is adequate.
+
+ @param [out] oldText
+ The text that was just removed.
+ @retval S_OK
+ @retval S_FALSE If there is nothing to return, the values of IA2TextSegment
+ struct are set as follows: text = NULL, start = 0, end = 0.
+ */
+ [propget] HRESULT oldText
+ (
+ [out, retval] IA2TextSegment *oldText
+ );
+
+}