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Get(ActiveSelectionStart)

Category: Get

Syntax: Get ( ActiveSelectionStart )

Parameters: none

Description: Returns the position of the first character in the highlighted text of the current field. If no text is highlighted (that is, the user has simply clicked into a block of text), then the current position of the cursor is returned. It returns null if no field is active. When multiple windows are open , only the active window is considered .

Examples:

Get (ActiveSelectionStart)

Returns 1 if the user has selected an entire field, or if the insertion point is at the beginning of a field.

Comments:

Remember that carriage returns, tabs, spaces, and other invisible characters are taken into account when evaluating Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) .

Used in conjunction with Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ) , you can determined the string that a user has highlighted in any field, using the formula:

Middle ( Get (ActiveFieldContents) ; Get (ActiveSelectionStart) ; Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ))