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To determine the index of the first visible line in a multiline TextBox control you only need to send it the EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE message: Click here to copy the following block Private Declare Function SendMessage Lib "user32" Alias "SendMessageA" (ByVal _   hwnd As Long, ByVal wMsg As Long, ByVal wParam As Long, _   lParam As Any) As Long Const EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE = &HCE FirstVisibleLine = SendMessage(Text1.hwnd, EM_GETFIRSTVISIBLELINE, 0, ByVal 0&) The previous of code returns the index of the first visible line (0 for the first line in the TextBox). When applied to a single-line control, this code returns the index of the first visible character (0 for the first character in the Text property).

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