isCOBOL Evolve : User Interface : Controls Reference : ENTRY-FIELD : Properties : Selection-Start-Col
Selection-Start-Col
This property returns the X start position of the selection of text in a Multiline Entry-Field.
 
Example - Get the selection start column and row from a multiline entry-field control
working-storage section.
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77 ws-sel-start-col pic 9(3).
77 ws-sel-start-row pic 9(3).
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screen section.
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  03 screen-1-ef-4 Entry-Field
     line 40.6
     column 47.5
     size 16.2 cells 
     lines 12.3 cells 
     id 21
     multiline
     3-d
     max-lines 4.
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procedure division.
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  inquire screen-1-ef-4 selection-start-col ws-sel-start-col 
                        selection-start-row ws-sel-start-row
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