Selecting text in a text box

[Franklin Park]

Hi,
First off, I will apologize in advance for any breaches in etiqutte I make. I am barely a programmer who is learning what I can on my own. With that being said, I am working a very simple program to calculate profits. The user enters costs and sell prices and the app calculates the profit.I am using text boxes for the data entry. I would like a certain text box to be selected on running the program and then the boxes to select as the user tabs thru the boxes. I have looked through the info here and tried a couple of things but none have worked. Probably my fault. Any thoughts? Please don't be afraid to insult me by dumbing it down!
Thanks,
Gary

[willakawill]

Hi,
First off, I will apologize in advance for any breaches in etiqutte I make. I am barely a programmer who is learning what I can on my own. With that being said, I am working a very simple program to calculate profits. The user enters costs and sell prices and the app calculates the profit.I am using text boxes for the data entry. I would like a certain text box to be selected on running the program and then the boxes to select as the user tabs thru the boxes. I have looked through the info here and tried a couple of things but none have worked. Probably my fault. Any thoughts? Please don't be afraid to insult me by dumbing it down!
Thanks,
Gary

Hi Gary. If you adjust the tab order on your form you can control the order of the textboxes as the user presses tab. You can set the first text box to be first in the tab order of your controls so that it will have the focus when the form opens.
good luck

[rockford333]

Hi,
First off, I will apologize in advance for any breaches in etiqutte I make. I am barely a programmer who is learning what I can on my own. With that being said, I am working a very simple program to calculate profits. The user enters costs and sell prices and the app calculates the profit.I am using text boxes for the data entry. I would like a certain text box to be selected on running the program and then the boxes to select as the user tabs thru the boxes. I have looked through the info here and tried a couple of things but none have worked. Probably my fault. Any thoughts? Please don't be afraid to insult me by dumbing it down!
Thanks,
Gary

Hi,
Just use the tab order it will select the text automaticaaly. If u face problem in that u can use this type also u can use in the textbox which u want to select u can write in the gotfocus event if u r using text1 then text1.setfocus. Tell me if u have any problem are if u succed also.

[Franklin Park]

Hi Willa & Rockford

Hi,
Just use the tab order it will select the text automaticaaly. If u face problem in that u can use this type also u can use in the textbox which u want to select u can write in the gotfocus event if u r using text1 then text1.setfocus. Tell me if u have any problem are if u succed also.

Thanks. I had already set the tab order. When I tab through the text boxes tho the cursor is at the beginning of the default which is typically 0.00. If I use the setfocus where do I put it in the code?
Thanks again for your assistance.
Gary

[willakawill]

Hi Willa & Rockford


Thanks. I had already set the tab order. When I tab through the text boxes tho the cursor is at the beginning of the default which is typically 0.00. If I use the setfocus where do I put it in the code?
Thanks again for your assistance.
Gary

You can control the selection in your text box using the gotfocus event:

Private Sub txtRight_GotFocus()
    If Len(txtRight.Text) > 0 Then
        txtRight.SelStart = 0
        txtRight.SelLength = Len(txtRight.Text)
    End If
End Sub