Highlighting text

[jamesd0142]

Is there a way to highlight text in a vb textbox?

For example i have a string, "my name is James"

I search for "name" it finds it in the string and now i want to highlight that part of the string in the text box.

Thanks

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Yes, you can.. but For TextBox, the Selected Item will be shown only if the TextBox has the Focus..
This code will allow you to Select the Text:

Dim TStr As String
Dim i As Integer
TStr = "Veena"
i = InStr(Text1.Text, TStr)
If i >= 0 Then
    If i > 0 Then
       Text1.SelStart = i - 1
    Else
        Text1.Text = 0
    End If
    Text1.SelLength = Len(TStr)
End If
 
 

Regards
Veena

[jamesd0142]

ok i understand the logic of this code, thanks...

but, it doesnt highlight the text in the text box.

please look at the image,
i want it to look like this when i search for 'James'

im using vb express edition 2005
[IMG]

[Killer42]

but For TextBox, the Selected Item will be shown only if the TextBox has the Focus..

That is only true if the HideSelection property is True.

[Killer42]

ok i understand the logic of this code, thanks...

but, it doesnt highlight the text in the text box.

The point is to set the .SelStart and .SelLength properties to select the relevant part of the text. That's in VB6, though - may be different in your version.

You might do better to use the RichTextBox control, which has various options for finding and selecting parts of the text like this.