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# GetSelectedCells Method of the ZoomViewer Object

> GetSelectedCells method of the ZoomViewer Object in ABBYY FineReader Engine Visual Components on Windows — This method returns the surrounding rectangle of selected cells in the specified table block.

This method returns the surrounding rectangle of selected cells in the specified table block.

## Syntax

### C++

```cpp theme={null}
HRESULT GetSelectedCells(
  int            blockIndex,
  IFRRectangle** selectedCells
);
```

### C\#

```csharp theme={null}
IFRRectangle GetSelectedCells( int blockIndex );
```

### Visual Basic .NET

```vb theme={null}
Function GetSelectedCells(blockIndex As Integer) As IFRRectangle
```

## Parameters

blockIndex

\[in] Specifies the index of a table block. The index is in the [ILayout::VisualBlocks](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/layout-related-objects/layout#visualblocks) collection.

selectedCells

\[out, retval] Provides access to the returned [FRRectangle](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/supplementary-objects-and-methods/frrectangle) object which contains the coordinates of the surrounding rectangle of the selected cells. Coordinates are defined in a base grid.

## Return values

This method has no specific return values. It returns the [standard return values of ABBYY FineReader Engine functions](/fine-reader/engine/api-reference/return-codes).

## Remarks

By the base grid here we assume the grid formed by table borders and separators. Each vertical separator increments the horizontal coordinate by one, and each horizontal separator increments the vertical coordinate by one. Coordinate axes are oriented from left to right and from top to bottom.

## See also

[ZoomViewer](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/zoomviewer)

[SetSelectedCells](/fine-reader/engine/visual-components-reference/zoomviewer/setselectedcells-method)