>I want to position to the end of the data in my editbox when I enter it. I use the selstart property to do this. In the when method I put the following command "THIS.SELSTART = LEN(THIS.VALUE)". When I enter the editbox, the insertion point disappears, I think it moves to the end of the data but the editbox does not scroll to make it visible. When I put the same statement in the CLICK method of the editbox, it works fine.
> To recreate this behavior, do the following:
>1) Place an editbox control on a form.
>2) Size the editbox so it is one line high and about 200 pixels wide.
>3) In the init method place a statement like:
> this.value = "This is a long string which is too wide to display all at once in the editbox". Be sure the string is too long to display all at once.
>4) In the when method place the following statement:
> THIS.SELSTART = LEN(THIS.VALUE)
>5) In the clock method, place the same statement:
> THIS.SELSTART = LEN(THIS.VALUE)
>6) Run the form and see what you get.
>
>Why is the WHEN method not working properly? Bug or bad programming?
Bret,

Move this code to the GotFocus and also include a NODEFAULT command in it.

The GotFocus sets the SelStart to a default setting automatically. When fires before GotFocus so your When code is doing what you ask but the GotFocus is undoing it on you.

I Think of the WHEN/GOTFOCUS and VALID/LOSTFOCUS events this way and it helps me;

WHEN: Can the user get in
GOTFOCUS: the user is comming in so do what you need to get ready for them

VALID: Can the user get out
LOSTFOCUS: The suer is leaving so respond to the leaving