Selection (Property)

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Selection (Property)

In french: Sélection

The Selection property is used to get the characteristics of the selection (or cursor):

in a Word Processing control.
Remark: This selection is in the section being edited in the control (body, header or footer).
in a Spreadsheet control.
in an HTML Editor control
in a Diagram Editor control.

Example

// Get the fragment selected by the user
MySelection is docFragment = WP_Doc.Selection.Fragment
// The user selection is displayed in bold
MySelection.Formatting.FontBold = True

// Get the first text section selected by the user
MySelection1 is docSection = WP_Doc.Selection.Section[1]

// Retrieve the selected elements in a Diagram Editor control
MySelection is diagSelection <- DIAGEDT_MyDiagram.Selection
IF MySelection.Shape.Count > 0 THEN
	// Get the shapes
	FOR EACH stShape OF MySelection.Shape
		STC_SELECTION_INFO = stShape.Name + "has been selected." + 
		" [ " + stShape.X + ", " + stShape.Y + " - " + stShape.Width + 
		"x" + stShape.Height + " ]"
	END
ELSE
	STC_SELECTION_INFO = "Click a shape in the diagram to get the selection"
END

Syntax

Retrieving the properties of the selection in a Word Processing control Hide the details

<Result> = <Word Processing control>.Selection.<Property>

<Result>: Type corresponding to the property used

Expected result (see "Remarks").

<Word Processing control>: Control name

Name of the Word Processing control.

<Property>:

Property to use on the selection (see Remarks).

Retrieving the properties of the selection in a Spreadsheet control Hide the details

<Result> = <Spreadsheet control>.Selection

<Result>: psheetSelection variable

psheetSelection variable describing the selection.

<Spreadsheet control>: Control name

Name of Spreadsheet control.

Retrieving the properties of the selection in an HTML Editor control Hide the details

<Result> = <HTML Editor control>.Selection

<Result>: edtHTMLSelection variable

edtHTMLSelection variable describing the selection.

<HTML Editor control>: Control name

Name of the HTML Editor control.

Retrieving the properties of the selection in a Diagram Editor control Hide the details

<Result> = <Diagram Editor control>.Selection

<Result>: diagSelection variable

diagSelection variable describing the selection.

<Diagram Editor control>: Control name

Name of the Diagram Editor control.

Remarks

Selection in a Word Processing control

Property	Explanations

Fragment	<Result> corresponds to a docFragment variable containing the characteristics of selected fragment. Example: <Result> = <Word Processing control>.Selection.Fragment
Section[X]	Used to get the section associated with the selection. X corresponds to the number of section to get. <Result> corresponds to a docSection variable containing the characteristics of the section associated with the selection. Example: <Result> = <Word Processing control>.Selection.Section[1]