Use CHARRANGE, which is member if FINDTEXTEX. In following example control will be looked for whole range FINDTEXTEX ft; ft.chrg.cpMin = 0; ft.chrg.cpMax = -1; ft.lpstrText = (LPSTR) lpszmyString; long n = pmyRichEditCtrl->FindText(FR_MATCHCASE|FR_WHOLEWORD, &ft); Now if you want to find string betn range 4th char to 7th char yoiu need to mention it like, FINDTEXTEX ft; ft.chrg.cpMin = 3; ft.chrg.cpMax = 7; ft.lpstrText = (LPSTR) lpszmyString; long n = pmyRichEditCtrl->FindText(FR_MATCHCASE|FR_WHOLEWORD, &ft); Prasad Notifier using ATL | Operator new[],delete[][^]

The FINDTEXT structure takes a CHARRANGE that indicates the range of text to search.  When searching for the "next" or "previous" match, you set the range to exclude previously searched texts (e.g. you start the search at the end of the last found match).    Peace! -=- James Please rate this message - let me know if I helped or not! * * * If you think it costs a lot to do it right, just wait until you find out how much it costs to do it wrong! Avoid driving a vehicle taller than you and remember that Professional Driver on Closed Course does not mean your Dumb Ass on a Public Road! See DeleteFXPFiles

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Complementing to the other answers already given, the quick answer would be no, at least not in the way BASIC (for example) lets you do it (something like execute("a=myfunc(10,20)"). The process of calling functions based on the contents of a string has to be manually coded in some way. The most "automatic" way is the already mentioned "GetProcAddress" (you can hide most of the steps required inside macros or in a general purpose function), but prototypes will be always a pain (unless if they are, trivially, the same). Depending on the extent of work you are willing to do, you can go as far as building your own C/C++ interpreter. I did this once, for a home automation system, where I made a program to go through all of my header files, scan function names and prototypes, and write code to execute the correct function with the correct parameters based on the contents of a string (the command entered by the user). Is not very hard work if you control the classes and functions. If not then be prepared for trouble. I hope this helps, Rilhas