Xbasic
TEXT.SELECT Function
Syntax
VariableName.OBJECT.SELECT( Starting_Position as N, Length as N )
Description
The OBJECT.SELECT() method is used with an Xdialog text control. It highlights text in the VariableName text variable.
Example
dim ptext as P dim ptext.text as C dim ptext.object as P dim start_pos as N dim len as N dim flag_ok as L if a_dlg_button = "select_text" then a_dlg_button = "" start_pos = 1 len = 10 flag_ok = .f. ui_dlg_box("Select Text","Start Position |[.5start_pos];Length |[.5len];{lf};| ",<<%txt% if (a_dlg_button = "ok") then flag_ok = .t. end if %txt%) if flag_ok = .t. then ptext.object.select(start_pos, len) end if end if
Limitations
Desktop applications only.
See Also