Hi Cliff.

>> I need to force the input cursor to a position in a text box other than the far left. For example, if the textbox.value is "ABCDEFG12345" I need to be able to position the cursor on a character other than "A". I am using VFP 5.0. <<

You can put code like this in the textbox's GotFocus()

LOCAL lnCursorPos, lnSelLen
DODEFAULT()

DO CASE
  CASE < Some Condition >
     lnCursorPos = 1
  CASE < Some Other Condition >
     lnCursorPos = 2
  .
  .
  .
  OTHERWISE
     *** Position the cursor at the beginning of the value in the text box
     lnCursorPos = 0
ENDCASE

WITH This
  lnSelLen   = LEN( .Value ) - lnCursorPos
  .SelStart  = lnCursorPos
  .SelLength = lnSelLen
ENDWITH

NODEFAULT

You need the DODEFAULT() and NODEFAULT here because the default behavior of the VFP in GotFocus is to reset SelStart and SelLength properties.

Marcia