Automatic Selection Of Text

This makes it easy to overwrite the text. You can do this easily by adding a couple of lines to the GotFocus event procedure:

Sub Text1_GotFocus ()

     Text1.SelStart = 0

     Text1.SelLength = 65535

End Sub

Notice that the length value for SelLength is 65535, the maximum length allowed in a Text Box. This forces Visual Basic to use the actual length of the text as the SelLength.

This tip is reprinted from the VB Tips & Tricks Volume 1 book.