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In a RichTextBox, how do you get/set the current location of the blinking
cursor (not the mouse cursor)?

Thanks
Nov 20 '05 #1
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Nathan wrote:
In a RichTextBox, how do you get/set the current location of the blinking
cursor (not the mouse cursor)?


Hi Nathan,

have a look at SelectionStart and SelectionLength. The current
Caret-Location is SelectionStart + SelectionLength.

Cheers

Arne Janning
Nov 20 '05 #2
Nathan wrote:
In a RichTextBox, how do you get/set the current location of the blinking
cursor (not the mouse cursor)?


Hi Nathan,

have a look at SelectionStart and SelectionLength. The current
Caret-Location is SelectionStart + SelectionLength.

Cheers

Arne Janning
Nov 20 '05 #3

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