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From: marco@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com (Marco Dalla-Gasperina)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms
Subject: Re: Hilighting Text in edit fields
Message-ID: <6970009@hpmcaa.mcm.hp.com>
Date: 5 Jul 89 16:22:45 GMT
References: <12265@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU>
Organization: HP McMinville Division
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>Just wondering.  Does anyone know how to highlight text
>in edit fields, i.e. when the focus is set to it? 
>			Thanks, Paul.
>
>-- 
>Paul C. David		pdavid@polyslo.CalPoly.EDU
>California Polytechic State University, San Luis Obispo
>Home of the six-year or 60,000 mile undergraduate degree 
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hWnd = GetDlgItem(hDlg,nDlgItemNumber);
lResult = SendMessage(hWnd,EM_SETSEL,0,MAKELONG(0,32767));

this will make the entire string black.

No Bugs,
marco