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[jscorpion]

I am a new programmer and have written a few programs but I would like to know how to highlight a text field when tabing thru the program at runtime. As of now when you go from field to field you must delete previous information then type the new info. I would like the old info highlighted so when you start typing it replaces the old info. I can not seem to find it in the properties of the text box. Is it in there and not obvious or is it a line of code that must be put into the program. I would be much appriciative of any responses.

Thank you,

jscorpion

 

[culshaja]

Try in the gotfocus event:

text1.SelStart = 0
text1.sellength = len(text1.text)

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=193305

 

[jscorpion]

thanks for your response and that does work, but do you have to create a gotfocus subroutine for every text field or is there another setting that can be done. If I have to I will do this but I have 15 text fields and if I would be doing more creating a gotfocus subroutine for each one would be time consuming. I do appreciate your response and thank you again.

jscorpion

 

[culshaja]

A quick and simple way, but less appealing overall would be to use a control array of all the textboxes and then issue the above statement into that event procedure taking into account the controls array index.

Not very nice solution though.

James James Culshaw
jculshaw@active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.active-data-solutions.co.uk

http://www.brainbench.com/transcript.jsp?pid=193305