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Get(ActiveSelectionStart)Category: Get Syntax: Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) Parameters: none Description: Returns the position of the first character in the highlighted text of the current field. If no text is highlighted (that is, the user has simply clicked into a block of text), then the current position of the cursor is returned. It returns null if no field is active. When multiple windows are open , only the active window is considered . Examples: Get (ActiveSelectionStart) Returns 1 if the user has selected an entire field, or if the insertion point is at the beginning of a field. Comments: Remember that carriage returns, tabs, spaces, and other invisible characters are taken into account when evaluating Get ( ActiveSelectionStart ) . Used in conjunction with Get ( ActiveSelectionSize ) , you can determined the string that a user has highlighted in any field, using the formula: Middle ( Get (ActiveFieldContents) ; Get (ActiveSelectionStart) ; Get ( ActiveSelectionSize )) |
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