On Tuesday 09 October 2001 01:10 pm, A Hilton wrote:

> You could do a:

>

> keyboard '{END}'

> keyboard '{HOME}'

> keyboard '{SHIFT+END}'

>

> and it *might* work. I say *might* because there are cases where it

> doesn't work (like having a textbox/editbox contained in a container class

> that's programmatically added to a grid ... in which case NOTHING works to

> auto-select text reliably). I'm sure there are other methods to achieve

> what you want, but my brain is mush at the moment having had the pleasure

> of debugging a chain of MS Exchange Servers all morning

> (F#*&!!##KIN#@##@!).

I'd like to suggest using SelStart and SelLength. I just made a pretty

spiffy status bar utilizing an editbox which automatically selects the newest

status message. In my case I set that editbox property (what property was

that again? <g>) that keeps the text selected even when the control doesn't

have the focus. It works without a hitch.

You can also look at the SelectOnEntry Property, but I've had weird results

relying on that in the past.

--

Paul McNett

Hollister, CA USA