Syntax
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Public Overridable Property SelectedText As String | |
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Dim instance As SuperEditBase Dim value As String instance.SelectedText = value value = instance.SelectedText | |
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public virtual string SelectedText {get; set;} | |
Property Value
String containing the selected textRemarks
When no selection has been made in the control, the SelectedText property returns an empty string. However, if the AllowNull property is set to true, the SelectedText property returns the null value.
You can assign a string to the SelectedText property to replace the selected text.
To return the number of characters in the selection, return the value of the SelectionLength property.
This property is available at run time only.
Example
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control.EditModeCursorPosition = FarPoint.Win.EditModeCursorPosition.LastKnownPosition; control.Text = "This is a test for HideSelection"; control.ControlType = FarPoint.Win.ControlType.Normal; control.SelectionStart = 2; control.SelectionLength = 5; control.Selectable = true; control.HideSelection = false; control.AutoMenu = true; textBox1.Text = control.SelectedText(); control.MaxLength = 9; | |
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control.EditModeCursorPosition = FarPoint.Win.EditModeCursorPosition.LastKnownPosition control.Text = "This is a test for HideSelection" control.ControlType = FarPoint.Win.ControlType.Normal control.SelectionStart = 2 control.SelectionLength = 5 control.Selectable = True control.HideSelection = False control.AutoMenu = True TextBox1.Text = control.SelectedText() control.MaxLength = 9 | |
Requirements
Target Platforms: Windows 7, Windows Vista SP1 or later, Windows XP SP3, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core supported with SP1 or later), Windows Server 2003 SP2