+wxString wxTextCtrl::GetStringSelection() const
+{
+ // the base class version works correctly for the rich text controls
+ // because there the lines are terminated with just '\r' which means that
+ // the string length is not changed in the result of the translations doen
+ // in GetValue() but for the normal ones when we replace "\r\n" with '\n'
+ // we break the indices
+#if wxUSE_RICHEDIT
+ if ( m_isRich )
+ return wxTextCtrlBase::GetStringSelection();
+#endif // wxUSE_RICHEDIT
+
+ long from, to;
+ GetSelection(&from, &to);
+
+ wxString str;
+ if ( from < to )
+ {
+ str = wxGetWindowText(GetHWND()).Mid(from, to - from);
+
+ // and now that we have the correct selection, convert it to the
+ // correct format
+ str = wxTextFile::Translate(str, wxTextFileType_Unix);
+ }
+
+ return str;
+}
+