Hi Nadya.

>> Instead of nodefault it should be dodefault(). In this case it works. <<

No, it should be NODEFAULT. The Textbox::GotFocus() runs the native VFP base class behavior. Then, after you set the SelStart and SelLength, you issue the NODEFAULT because the native VFP GotFocus behavior resets these properties.

Marcia