From: Chris@somewhere.in.uk   
      
   Using VB6.   
      
   With a RichTextbox, I can get the position of the character under the mouse   
   pointer with an API call like:  SendMessage(hWnd, EM_CHARFROMPOS, 0&, Pointl)   
   by passing the mouse x,y co-ordinates in the Pointl structure.   
      
   But does anyone know a way to get the *attributes* of the character (Bold,   
   Underline, etc) WITHOUT affecting the textbox in any way?   
      
   Any method that requires the character to be the selected text (like   
   EM_GETCHARFORMAT) is not suitable.   
      
   Chris.   
      
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