Spread Windows Forms 7.0 Product Documentation
SelectionLength Property
See Also  Support Options
GrapeCity.Win.PluginInputMan Assembly > GrapeCity.Win.Spread.InputMan.CellType Namespace > EditBase Class : SelectionLength Property


Glossary Item Box

Gets or sets the number of characters selected in the control.

Syntax

Visual Basic (Declaration) 
Public Overridable Property SelectionLength As Integer
Visual Basic (Usage)Copy Code
Dim instance As EditBase
Dim value As Integer
 
instance.SelectionLength = value
 
value = instance.SelectionLength
C# 
public virtual int SelectionLength {get; set;}

Property Value

The number of characters selected in the control.
The default is zero.

Exceptions

ExceptionDescription
System.ArgumentOutOfRangeException The assigned value is less than zero.

Remarks

You can use this property to determine if any characters are currently selected in the control before performing operations on the selected text. When the value of the SelectionLength property is set to a value that is larger than the number of characters within the text of the control, the value of the SelectionLength property is set to the entire length of text within the control minus the value of the SelectionStart property (if any value is specified for the SelectionStart property).

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8

See Also

© 2002-2014 ComponentOne, a division of GrapeCity. All Rights Reserved.