select a textbox automatically

Hi,

I have a form that opens up and I want to be able to start typing in a select textbox without having to first use the mouse to click on the textbox to select it.

I have had a quick look but couldn't get it to work.

Any ideas??


Thanks
Ben

Don't worry about it.

I was trying to set the setfocus property from the wrong place.


Ben

SetFocus seems to work to get the cursor there.

My question. Can I "select" any TEXT that is already there automatically. Setfocus gets you there but I want to have the text selected... (as if I tabbed into the field)

Anyway to do that?

I tried a few differnet things but none of them got the desired effect. Sorry I couldn't help you

Thanks for the effort ben, just found the answer today.

' set focus to the text field and highlight it
Me.txtField1.SetFocus
Me.txtField1.SelStart = 0
Me.txtField1.SelLength = Len(Me.txtField1.Text)