>>It would appear that I seek a solution in the wrong place...
>>
>>By typing, the original contents would be over written...
>>
>Edgar,
>I think mistakenly you used them in wrong order. SelStart resets cursor position. Try :
>with this
>.SelStart = nStart
>.SelLength = nLength
>endwith
>
>.Sellength = len(.value) would select all.
>Cetin

Cetin,
Thanx but that still did not help to highlight field characters.
Indeed; the code seems to "do nothing".

this.SelStart= 1 && cLENGTH Got Focus
this.SelLength= 7

Any other ideas?