SelText - DFBaseTextEdit

Returns selected text

Type: Function
Return Data Type: string

Syntax

Function SelText Returns string

Call Example

Get SelText to stringVariable

Description

Returns the selected text of the control.

This method has no effect if control is not paged.

Sample

This sample gets the selected text of the oTextEdit1 control to variable sSelectedText and then displays it to the user in a message box.

Procedure ShowSelectedText
    string sSelectedText

    get SelText of oTextEdit1 to sSelectedText

    send Info_Box sSelectedText "Selected Text"
End_Procedure // ShowSelectedText

Return Value

Selected text of the control.