isCOBOL Evolve : User Interface : Controls Reference : ENTRY-FIELD : Properties : Selection-Start
Selection-Start
This property returns the start position of the selection of text in the Entry-Field.
 
Example - Get the selection start position from an entry-field control
working-storage section.
77 ws-selection-start  pic 9(3).
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screen section.
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  03 screen-1-ef-3 Entry-Field
     line 35.8
     column 49.7
     size 11.6 cells 
     lines 3.5 cells 
     id 20
     3-d
     .
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procedure division.
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   inquire screen-1-ef-3 selection-start ws-selection-start
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