Thanks

I used it in the mousedown method and changed this.sellenght to a fixed value.

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this.SelStart = 0
>this.SelLength = len(transform(this.Value))
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>in the MouseUp method should do that. The downside is that you overwrite the standard behavior of the mouse, i.e. won't be able to position the cursor with the mouse.
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>>VFP 7,8, (and 9).
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>>In a form I have set the format ($R), imput mask (99,999.00), initial value (0.00). and set select on entry property to true.
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>>Currently text is selected (highlighted) only if I tab into the box (and contents are replaced when as soon I start typing in a new value). If I click on the text box the text is not highlighted and is current contents are displayed untill I leave the text box. How do I get clicking (and/or double clicking) the the text box to act the same as when I tab to it. I thought I could use use this.selectonentry=.T. but it does not appear to be a valid setting.
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>>Any suggestions appreciated.