pressing a key i display a new textbox now how can i edit on the box ?

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I am a new comer in this group , in  my project I am using a List Box  and a Text box which is initially hidden .On a key press the text box is displayed , but the default value of the text (e.g"south") is displaying with out selection i.e inversion ,that is why when i am entering  any character it is not added to the text string .  Plz reply me soon .

With  Regards

Subrata

[msaxon]

If you want to select text in the text box programmatically, you need to set the ATTR_TEXT_SELECTION_START and ATTR_TEXT_SELECTION_LENGTH attributes for the control. See 'Text Box Control Attributes' in CVI help for more information.