SetItemSelection()

Sets the highlighted text in an edit text dialog box item.

SetItemSelection(string item_name, integer start, integer end)

Argument	Contents
item_name	The name of the edit text item whose selection is set
start	The index of the character before the first character selected
end	The index of the last character selected

The item_name must be an edit text dialog box item in the current dialog box.
If the start and end values are equal, then no text is selected and the value indicates the location of the cursor.

// Highlight the date in the edit control

edit_string = "The date is " + date_string + " today."

SetItemSelection("edit control", 12, 12 + Len(date_string))

Error Type	Meaning
NotFound	The specified item does not exist, is not in the current dialog box, or is not an edit text item

Function	Summary
GetItemSelection()	Gets the highlighted portion (selection) of an Edit Text dialog box item
SetItem()	Moves the keyboard focus to a dialog box item