SelectionLength Property

Gets or sets the number of characters selected in control.

[Visual Basic]
Public Property SelectionLength As Integer

[C#]
public int SelectionLength {get; set;}

Return Type

The number of characters selected in the text box.

Remarks

You can use this property to determine if any characters are currently selected in the text box control before performing operations on the selected text.

Example

[C#]

private void Detail_Format(object sender, System.EventArgs eArgs) 
{ 
    if (this.rtbActiveReport.Find("List") != -1) 
    { 
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionStart = this.rtbActiveReport.Find("List"); 
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionLength = 4; 
        this.rtbActiveReport.SelectionIndent = 0.5f; 
    } 
}

[Visual Basic]

Private Sub Detail_Format(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Detail.Format

    If Not Me.rtbActiveReport.Find("List") = -1 Then

        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionStart = Me.rtbActiveReport.Find("List")

        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionLength = 4

        Me.rtbActiveReport.SelectionIndent = 0.5

    End If

End Sub

See Also

Language

SelectionLength Property

Return Type

Remarks

Example

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