SelectionLength Property (SuperEditBase)

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

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property SelectionLength As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SuperEditBase
Dim value As Integer
 
instance.SelectionLength = value
 
value = instance.SelectionLength

public virtual int SelectionLength {get; set;}

Property Value

Integer number of characters in the length of the selection

Remarks

Setting this property to a value less than zero causes a run-time error.

To return the selected text in the control, use the SelectedText property.

This property is available at run time only.

Example

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;

Visual Basic

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

Reference

SuperEditBase Class
SuperEditBase Members
SelectedText Property