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import "objidl.idl";
import "oaidl.idl";
import "oleacc.idl";
import "IA2CommonTypes.idl";
import "AccessibleText.idl";

/** @brief This interface gives read-only access to text.

 The %IAccessibleText2 interface extends the functionality of the
 %IAccessibleText interface.
*/
[object, uuid(9690A9CC-5C80-4DF5-852E-2D5AE4189A54)]
interface IAccessibleText2 : IAccessibleText
{

  /** @brief Returns the range and of the specified set of attributes.

   Return the range (start and end offsets) and text attributes that correspond
    to the given attributes filter at the given offset.

   @param [in] offset
    The offset at which to search for the attributes specified in the filter.
   @param [in] filter
    The requested attribute names.  The filter format is "attribute1, attribute2".
   @param [out] startOffset
    The starting (0-based) offset of the text containing the specified attributes.
   @param [out] endOffset
    The (0-based) offset one past the last character of the text containing the
    specified attributes.
   @param [out] attributeValues
    The values of the requested attributes.
   @retval S_OK
   @retval S_FALSE if nothing to return, [out] values are -1, -1, NULL respectively.
   @retval E_INVALIDARG if bad [in] passed.
   */
  [propget] HRESULT attributeRange
    (
     [in] long offset,
     [in] BSTR filter,
     [out] long *startOffset,
     [out] long *endOffset,	
     [out, retval] BSTR *attributeValues
    );

}
