> rhaazy wrote:
> > On Dec 5, 4:00 pm, "Allan Bredahl" <al***@bredahl.org> wrote:
> >> I want to insert at string into the text of a TextBox at the cursor
> >> position.
>
> >> How do you do that witout using the clipboard paste function
>
>  > textBox1.Text = "WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THIS THAT YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT
>  > OUT YOURSELF";
>
> I think:
>
> textBox1.Text = "I don't understand what 'at the cursor position' means";
>
> is much better !
>
> Arne

> On Dec 5, 9:22 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a***@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> rhaazy wrote:
>>> On Dec 5, 4:00 pm, "Allan Bredahl" <al***@bredahl.org> wrote:
>>>> I want to insert at string into the text of a TextBox at the cursor
>>>> position.
>>>> How do you do that witout using the clipboard paste function
>>  > textBox1.Text = "WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THIS THAT YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT
>>  > OUT YOURSELF";
>>
>> I think:
>>
>> textBox1.Text = "I don't understand what 'at the cursor position' means";
>>
>> is much better !
>
> And as  useless :)

> Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Dec 5, 9:22 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a***@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
> >> rhaazy wrote:
> >>> On Dec 5, 4:00 pm, "Allan Bredahl" <al***@bredahl.org> wrote:
> >>>> I want to insert at string into the text of a TextBox at the cursor
> >>>> position.
> >>>> How do you do that witout using the clipboard paste function
> >>  > textBox1.Text = "WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THIS THAT YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT
> >>  > OUT YOURSELF";
>
> >> I think:
>
> >> textBox1.Text = "I don't understand what 'at the cursor position' means";
>
> >> is much better !
>
> > And as  useless :)
>
> Just as useless for the original poster.
>
> But rhaazy could benefit from it.
>
> Arne

> On Dec 6, 10:31 am, Arne Vajhøj <a***@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>> Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP ) wrote:
>>> On Dec 5, 9:22 pm, Arne Vajhøj <a***@vajhoej.dk> wrote:
>>>> rhaazy wrote:
>>>>> On Dec 5, 4:00 pm, "Allan Bredahl" <al***@bredahl.org> wrote:
>>>>>> I want to insert at string into the text of a TextBox at the cursor
>>>>>> position.
>>>>>> How do you do that witout using the clipboard paste function
>>>>  > textBox1.Text = "WHAT IS SO HARD ABOUT THIS THAT YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT
>>>>  > OUT YOURSELF";
>>>> I think:
>>>> textBox1.Text = "I don't understand what 'at the cursor position' means";
>>>> is much better !
>>> And as  useless :)
>> Just as useless for the original poster.
>>
>> But rhaazy could benefit from it.
>
> IMO the OP had a valid question. Maybe it was simple but not unheard
> of around here

"Jeff Johnson" wrote:

> "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.mac***@gmail.com> wrote in
> message
> news:4668cd5c-f1e7-425d-8eb1-e1bb8638f7c1@u14g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...
>
> >> I want to insert at string into the text of a TextBox at the cursor
> >> position.
> >
> >> How do you do that witout using the clipboard paste function
>
> >Textbox.SelectionStart shoudl do it
>
> No, he shouldn't have to mess with SelectionStart at all, because he doesn't
> want to set a NEW cursor position, he wants to use the CURRENT cursor
> position.
>
>
>

"Bogdan" wrote:

> int position = TextBox1.SelectionStart;
>
> is how you get the cursor position in a text box.
> You don't set the SelectionStart, you retrieve the value.
>
> "Jeff Johnson" wrote:
>
> > "Ignacio Machin ( .NET/ C# MVP )" <ignacio.mac***@gmail.com> wrote in
> > message
> > news:4668cd5c-f1e7-425d-8eb1-e1bb8638f7c1@u14g2000yqg.googlegroups.com...
> >
> > >> I want to insert at string into the text of a TextBox at the cursor
> > >> position.
> > >
> > >> How do you do that witout using the clipboard paste function
> >
> > >Textbox.SelectionStart shoudl do it
> >
> > No, he shouldn't have to mess with SelectionStart at all, because he doesn't
> > want to set a NEW cursor position, he wants to use the CURRENT cursor
> > position.
> >
> >
> >

"Bogdan" <Bog***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D8BFAC18-B11A-4CB8-AF55-CFE3FC9364E4@microsoft.com...

> Here is the complete code.
>
>        int pos = TextBox1.SelectionStart;
>        string textToInsert = "-Text to Insert-";
>
>        string newText =  TextBox1.Text.Substring (0, pos) +
>                                   textToInsert +
>                                   TextBox1.Text.Substring(pos,
> txtFirstName.Text.Length - pos);
>
>        TextBox1.Text = newText;

"Jeff Johnson" wrote:

> "Bogdan" <Bog***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:D8BFAC18-B11A-4CB8-AF55-CFE3FC9364E4@microsoft.com...
>
> > Here is the complete code.
> >
> >        int pos = TextBox1.SelectionStart;
> >        string textToInsert = "-Text to Insert-";
> >
> >        string newText =  TextBox1.Text.Substring (0, pos) +
> >                                   textToInsert +
> >                                   TextBox1.Text.Substring(pos,
> > txtFirstName.Text.Length - pos);
> >
> >        TextBox1.Text = newText;
>
> It is completely UNNECESSARY code*. The SelectedText property is all you
> need. The only time you would need to use code like above is if you wanted
> to handle the situation of text already being selected in the control and
> you didn't want to overwrite it. Then you'd have to decide whether you
> wanted the new text inserted at the beginning of the selection or after it.
>
> But if you DO want selected text to be replaced, then consider these two
> examples:
>
> 1) The text box contains "The quick brown fox" and the word "brown" is
> selected (highlighted, if you prefer).
>
> textBox1.SelectedText = "red"
>
> The text box now contains "The quick red fox".
>
> 2) The text box contains the same text but nothing is selected. The cursor
> (or in proper Windows terminology, the caret) is right before the "b" in
> "brown."
>
> textBox1.SelectedText = "red"
>
> The text box now contains "The quick redbrown fox". It's that simple.
>
> For reference, under the covers, the EM_REPLACESEL message is being sent to
> the control.
>
>
>
> *I'm not saying it's wrong; it's just the looooong way.
>
>
>