Works, Thanks Bob. Jim Pitchford jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx On 6 Jun 2013, at 13:26, Bob Keeney <bobk@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > First, you have to get the Insertion Offset's for the start and end of the > selected Text. You can get that by > > dim ioStart, ioEnd as FTInsertionOffset > ftc.getdoc.getselectionrange(ioStart, ioEnd) > > And then you can use the GetText (overloaded) method. > > dim s as string = ftc.GetDoc.GetText(ioStart, ioEnd) > > Treat this a psuedocode as I've not tested it in the debugger but I believe > that this will work. > > Bob Keeney > BKeeney Software Inc. > http://www.bkeeney.com > > On Jun 6, 2013, at 1:12 PM, Jim Pitchford <jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> This may sound like a dumb question, but how do you get the currently >> selected text from within FTC? >> >> I can see how to get the paragraph, but not the selection within the >> paragraph. >> >> Jim Pitchford >> jim@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> >> FTC Website: http://www.bkeeney.com/products/formatted-text-control >> Set List Options (digest and vacation modes): www.freelists.org/list/ftcdev >> List Archive: www.freelists.org/archives/ftcdev >> Unsubscribe: Send email to ftcdev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" >> in the subject field. >> >> > > FTC Website: http://www.bkeeney.com/products/formatted-text-control > Set List Options (digest and vacation modes): www.freelists.org/list/ftcdev > List Archive: www.freelists.org/archives/ftcdev > Unsubscribe: Send email to ftcdev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in > the subject field. > > > FTC Website: http://www.bkeeney.com/products/formatted-text-control Set List Options (digest and vacation modes): www.freelists.org/list/ftcdev List Archive: www.freelists.org/archives/ftcdev Unsubscribe: Send email to ftcdev-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe" in the subject field.