Derek,

Check SelStart and SelText properties. They should help. I'll try to search here in UT similar thread (I remember Mike Helland advised this while ago on).

>Help required please. I have a read only edit box containing many hundreds of lines of data. I would like the user to be able to search for a keyword contained in the edit box data and position the cursor over the selected word. (Preferable highlighting it but that is not essential)
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>Any help would be greatly appreciated
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>Many Thanks
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>Derek.....