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TerGetTabStop

Return the parameters for a tab stop and the number of tab stop for a line.

int TerGetTabStop( LineNo, TabNo, out pPos, out pType, out pFlag)
int TerGetTabStop2( type, LineNo, TabNo, out pPos, out pType, out pFlag)
int type;This argument specifies the meaning of the 'LineNo' argument:
PID_LINE:The 'LineNo' parameter specifies the text line number.
PID_PARA: The 'LineNo' parameter specifies the paragraph id.
PID_TAB: The 'L:ineNo' parameter specifies the tab id.
int LineNo;Line number (or paragraph or tab id) to get the tab parameters for. Set to -1 to get the tab stop parameters for the current line.
int TabNo;Tab number to inquire. To simply get the tab count for the line, set the TabNo parameter to -1.
int pPos;The variable to receive the tab position (in twips).
int pType;The variable to receive the tab type:
TAB_LEFT:Left aligned tab
TAB_RIGHT:Right aligned tab
TAB_CENTER:Center aligned tab
TAB_DECIMAL:Decimal aligned tab
int pFlag;The variable to receive the tab flag:
TAB_DOT:Dot leader
TAB_HYPH:Hyphen leader
TAB_ULINE:Underline leader

Return Value: This function returns the number of tab stops for the line.