I recently tried something similar, and the text was only highlighted when the textbox got the focus.
Try one of the following:
After running your code, press TAB until you get to the EditBox. Or:
Add a ThisForm.Edit1.SetFocus(). The form Refresh() is not necessary in this case.
Also, obviously, you must check whether the condition ever becomes .T. A MessageBox() right after the IF might help in determining this.
>i have an editbox and the following code (simplified) does NOT highlight the text:
>>xx1=UPPER(ALLTRIM(thisform.text1.Value))
>xx2=UPPER(thisform.edit1.Value)
>
>x1=AT(xx1,xx2)
>
>IF x1>0
> thisform.edit1.selectedbackColor=RGB(255,0,0)
> thisform.edit1.SelStart=x1
> thisform.edit1.SelLength=LEN(xx1)
> thisform.edit1.SelText=xx1
> thisform.edit1.Refresh()
>
>ENDIF
>
>
>
>what am I missing???
>
>thanks
>
>
>Peter
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