Web Control TextBox Selection during PreRender

Hi folks. I have a WebControl TextBox which I would like to force to select
all it's text during PreRender. My problem is that I don't know how to do
this. I already have a reference to the control by using FindControl(), but
I don't see any method or property I can use to set the selection range. I
am looking for something like SelectionStart() and SelectionLength().

The WinForms TextBox has these methods, but the Web Forms does not. Any
ideas on how to do this?

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Paul CPaul,

You can do it on client side. Handle body onload event and call select()
method for the <input type=text...> element representing the textbox.

Eliyahu

"Paul C." <jaco@.jacostacos.com> wrote in message
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> Hi folks. I have a WebControl TextBox which I would like to force to
select
> all it's text during PreRender. My problem is that I don't know how to do
> this. I already have a reference to the control by using FindControl(),
but
> I don't see any method or property I can use to set the selection range.
I
> am looking for something like SelectionStart() and SelectionLength().
> The WinForms TextBox has these methods, but the Web Forms does not. Any
> ideas on how to do this?
> --
> Paul C
Eliyahu,

Thank you. I will try it this route.

Paul C.

"Eliyahu Goldin" <removemeegoldin@.monarchmed.com> wrote in message
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> Paul,
> You can do it on client side. Handle body onload event and call select()
> method for the <input type=text...> element representing the textbox.
> Eliyahu
> "Paul C." <jaco@.jacostacos.com> wrote in message
> news:G1SNd.26862$wi2.3362@.newssvr11.news.prodigy.c om...
>> Hi folks. I have a WebControl TextBox which I would like to force to
> select
>> all it's text during PreRender. My problem is that I don't know how to
>> do
>> this. I already have a reference to the control by using FindControl(),
> but
>> I don't see any method or property I can use to set the selection range.
> I
>> am looking for something like SelectionStart() and SelectionLength().
>>
>> The WinForms TextBox has these methods, but the Web Forms does not. Any
>> ideas on how to do this?
>>
>> --
>> Paul C
>>
>>