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02-21-2006, 07:55 AM

PAguilar07 PAguilar07 is offline

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How do you automatically highlight text that is being passed into a text box at form load? That way the user can just hit delete or backspace and he doesn't have to hightlight the text with the mouse?

02-21-2006, 07:58 AM

morbidangel morbidangel is offline

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Try this in your Form_load event (assuming Text1 is your textbox)

Code:

Text1.SelStart = 0
Text1.SelLength = Len(Text1.Text)
Text1.SetFocus

02-21-2006, 08:05 AM

George7a

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Here are two ways:

Code:

Private Sub Form_Load()
   Text2.TabIndex = 0 ' here you tell it that this is the first control to have focus
   Text2.SelStart = 0
   Text2.SelLength = Len(Text2.Text)
End Sub

Or to use set foucs in Form Activate..

Code:

'Form Activate
Private Sub Form_Activate()
    Text2.SetFocus
End Sub
' Form Load
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Text2.SelStart = 0
    Text2.SelLength = Len(Text2.Text)
End Sub

I hope it helps,

- George

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02-21-2006, 08:12 AM

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Thanks morbidangel, and George7A

02-21-2006, 08:23 AM

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Ok, i used the txtpassword.tabindex = 0
txtpassword.selstart = 0
txtpassword.selLength = len(txtPassword.text)
but it still doesn't hightlight all the text in the text box.

what am i do wrong?

02-21-2006, 08:25 AM

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You might have other textboxes that has tabindex = 0

Try the set focus if you don't want to change the tab order

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02-21-2006, 08:39 AM

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ok I tried your other code and it still won't hightlight the text?

02-21-2006, 09:13 AM

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You need debug it line by line to figure out why! maybe other objects are taking the focus or it is not set properly.

I attached a sample code.

If you share your code you will get more help