SelectionLength Property (SuperEditBase)

Gets or sets the number of characters selected in the edit control.

Syntax

Visual Basic
C#

'Declaration
 
Public Overridable Property SelectionLength As Integer

'Usage
 
Dim instance As SuperEditBase
Dim value As Integer
 
instance.SelectionLength = value
 
value = instance.SelectionLength

public virtual int SelectionLength {get; set;}

Property Value

Integer number of characters in the length of the selection

Remarks

Setting this property to a value less than zero causes a run-time error.

To return the selected text in the control, use the SelectedText property.

This property is available at run time only.

Example

control.EditModeCursorPosition = FarPoint.Win.EditModeCursorPosition.LastKnownPosition;
control.Text = "This is a test for HideSelection";
control.ControlType = FarPoint.Win.ControlType.Normal;
control.SelectionStart = 2;
control.SelectionLength = 5;
control.Selectable = true;
control.HideSelection = false;
control.AutoMenu = true;
textBox1.Text = control.SelectedText();
control.MaxLength = 9;

Visual Basic

control.EditModeCursorPosition = FarPoint.Win.EditModeCursorPosition.LastKnownPosition
control.Text = "This is a test for HideSelection"
control.ControlType = FarPoint.Win.ControlType.Normal
control.SelectionStart = 2
control.SelectionLength = 5
control.Selectable = True
control.HideSelection = False
control.AutoMenu = True
TextBox1.Text = control.SelectedText()
control.MaxLength = 9

Requirements

Target Platforms: Windows 2000 Professional (SP4), Windows 2000 Server, Windows 2003 Server (SP1), Windows Server 2012 R2, Windows 2008, Windows XP (SP2), Windows Vista, Windows 7, Windows 8, Windows 8.1, Windows 10

Reference

SuperEditBase Class
SuperEditBase Members
SelectedText Property