PROP:SelStart (also named PROP:Selected) sets or retrieves the beginning (inclusive) character to mark as a block in an ENTRY or TEXT control. It positions the data entry cursor left of the character, and sets PROP:SelEnd to zero (0) to indicate no block is marked. It also identifies the currently highlighted entry in a LIST or COMBO control (usually coded as PROP:Selected for this purpose). For COMBO controls, PROP:Selected should be applied to the PROP:ListFeq of the COMBO, and not to the combo FEQ directly.

PROP:SelEnd sets or retrieves the ending (inclusive) character to mark as a block in an ENTRY or TEXT control. A value of -1 is a special value that indicates that the selection goes to the end of the target control's text.

Example:

WinView  WINDOW('View'),AT(0,0,320,200),MDI,MAX,HVSCROLL

         ENTRY(@S30),AT(0,0,320,180),USE(Fil:Field),ALRT(F10Key)

         LIST,AT(6,6,120,90),USE(?List),FORMAT('120L'),FROM(Q),IMM

        END

CODE

OPEN(WinView)

ACCEPT

 CASE ACCEPTED()

 OF ?List

  GET(Q,?List{PROP:Selected})     !Get highlighted entry from queue

 OF ?Fil:Field

  SETCLIPBOARD(Fil:Field[?Fil:Field{PROP:SelStart} : ?Fil:Field{PROP:SelEnd}])

                !Place highlighted string slice in Windows' clipboard

 END

END

Example: using a COMBO control in an EIP configuration

CASE EVENT()                       ! Trap the event

 OF EVENT:NewSelection            ! If the event is a new selection

                                  ! And it's a key we want…

 IF KEYCODE() <;> UpKey AND KEYCODE() <;> DownKey AND |    

    KEYCODE() <;> PgDnKey AND KEYCODE() <;> PgUpKey

  UPDAT