CurrentStoryID Property (Headline Control)
Windows - Visual C++

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Description
The CurrentStoryID property returns the story ID of the currently selected headline.

Syntax
long storyID = GetCurrentStoryID();

 The CurrentStoryID syntax has these parts:

Part	Description
storyID	A long integer containing the story ID of the selected headline.

Remarks
The story ID is a long integer identifier that can be used to set the story control's StoryID property. In order to make the story control display the story for the currently selected headline, the following properties must be set:

Story Control Properties	Value
StoryID	Headline Control CurrentStoryID
HeadlineViewID	Headline Control ViewID
Run (must be set last)	TRUE

If no headline is currently selected, or if the selected headline has not yet been retrieved, CurrentStoryID returns -1.

See Also: Story Control

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