>>>>>In my application when I click on a command button it opens up a memo field for editing but the cursor is always pointing to the top of the memo field
>>>>>
>>>>>How do I get the cursor to start at the end of the memo field?
>>>>
>>>>Hi colin
>>>>
>>>>you want to use selstart and set it to the length of the text
>>>
>>>The data is displayed in text32 - I want to add 10 characters and continue typing-
>>>The data is in the Notes field
>>>
>>>My code is
>>>
>>>select globalnew
>>>STORE LEN(TRIM(notes)) TO ww
>>>ww=ww+10
>>>
>>>
>>>thisForm.text32.SelStart=ww
>>>thisform.refresh
>>>
>>>
>>>What have I done wrong?
>>
>>I'm just guessing that the cursor position is at the end of the text, not the end of the text plus 10. Is that what the problem is?
>>
>>You will need to add space(10) to the end of your string in order for ww to be correct.
>>
>>something like this:
>>
>>

>>replace Notes with Notes + SPACE(10)
>>STORE LEN(TRIM(notes)) TO ww
>>thisForm.text32.SelStart=ww

>
>
>No The next time I open the notes field I want the cursor to start at the previous data + 10 but all it does is to strat at the beginning of the notes field

Here's some example code:

CREATE CURSOR test;
(notes m(4))
INSERT INTO test values( "This is some text")

LOCAL oForm as Form 
oform = CREATEOBJECT("Form")
oForm.AddObject("oEdit", "myEditbox")

WITH oForm.oEdit
.Top = 4
.Left = 4

.height = oForm.Height - 8
.Width = oForm.Width - 8

.controlsource = "test.notes"
.setfocus()

.Visible = .T.

ENDWITH 
oForm.Show(1)

DEFINE CLASS myEditBox as EditBox

PROCEDURE gotfocus

this.Value = this.Value + SPACE(10)
this.SelStart = LEN(this.Value) + 10