I have a form with a text box containing a date formatted as mm/dd/yyyy.
When the box gets focus, I want the mm/dd part to be selected for
replacement. So far, I have the following:

Private Sub TextBox1_Enter()
TextBox1.SelStart = 0
TextBox1.SelLength = 5
End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_initialize()
TextBox1.Value = "01/01/4000"
TextBox2.Value = "04/03/1999"
End Sub

When the form comes up, textbox1 has focus and 01/01 is highlighted. But
when I press <enter, <tab, or click on a text box to enter it, it seems
that '_Enter()' doesn't fire at that time.

How can I get the first 5 characters highlighted every time I enter the text
box?

Tim

Change the EnterFieldBehavior to 1 for the Textboxes and it should work.

--
Dick Kusleika
MVP - Excel
Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel
www.dicks-blog.com

"Tim Coddington" wrote in message
...
I have a form with a text box containing a date formatted as mm/dd/yyyy.
When the box gets focus, I want the mm/dd part to be selected for
replacement. So far, I have the following:

Private Sub TextBox1_Enter()
TextBox1.SelStart = 0
TextBox1.SelLength = 5
End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_initialize()
TextBox1.Value = "01/01/4000"
TextBox2.Value = "04/03/1999"
End Sub

When the form comes up, textbox1 has focus and 01/01 is highlighted. But
when I press <enter, <tab, or click on a text box to enter it, it seems
that '_Enter()' doesn't fire at that time.

How can I get the first 5 characters highlighted every time I enter the
text
box?

Thanks. That helps alot except for when you click on the box to enter it.
Is there any way to make it work then also?
"Dick Kusleika" wrote in message
...
Tim

Change the EnterFieldBehavior to 1 for the Textboxes and it should work.

--
Dick Kusleika
MVP - Excel
Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel
www.dicks-blog.com

"Tim Coddington" wrote in message
...
I have a form with a text box containing a date formatted as mm/dd/yyyy.
When the box gets focus, I want the mm/dd part to be selected for
replacement. So far, I have the following:

Private Sub TextBox1_Enter()
TextBox1.SelStart = 0
TextBox1.SelLength = 5
End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_initialize()
TextBox1.Value = "01/01/4000"
TextBox2.Value = "04/03/1999"
End Sub

When the form comes up, textbox1 has focus and 01/01 is highlighted. But
when I press <enter, <tab, or click on a text box to enter it, it seems
that '_Enter()' doesn't fire at that time.

How can I get the first 5 characters highlighted every time I enter the
text
box?

Tim

You could use the MouseDown event also, but you'll need a way to limit that
to only when the textbox is first selected. I'm not sure if there are any
problems with this, but here's something you could try:

Dim bEntered As Boolean

Private Sub TextBox1_Change()
bEntered = False
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox1_Enter()
Me.TextBox1.SelStart = 0
Me.TextBox1.SelLength = 3
bEntered = True
End Sub

Private Sub TextBox1_MouseDown(ByVal Button As Integer, _
ByVal Shift As Integer, ByVal X As Single, ByVal Y As Single)

If bEntered Then
Me.TextBox1.SelStart = 0
Me.TextBox1.SelLength = 3
bEntered = False
End If
End Sub

--
Dick Kusleika
MVP - Excel
Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel
www.dicks-blog.com

"Tim Coddington" wrote in message
...
Thanks. That helps alot except for when you click on the box to enter it.
Is there any way to make it work then also?
"Dick Kusleika" wrote in message
...
Tim

Change the EnterFieldBehavior to 1 for the Textboxes and it should work.

--
Dick Kusleika
MVP - Excel
Excel Blog - Daily Dose of Excel
www.dicks-blog.com

"Tim Coddington" wrote in message
...
I have a form with a text box containing a date formatted as
mm/dd/yyyy.
When the box gets focus, I want the mm/dd part to be selected for
replacement. So far, I have the following:

Private Sub TextBox1_Enter()
TextBox1.SelStart = 0
TextBox1.SelLength = 5
End Sub

Private Sub UserForm_initialize()
TextBox1.Value = "01/01/4000"
TextBox2.Value = "04/03/1999"
End Sub

When the form comes up, textbox1 has focus and 01/01 is highlighted.
But
when I press <enter, <tab, or click on a text box to enter it, it
seems
that '_Enter()' doesn't fire at that time.

How can I get the first 5 characters highlighted every time I enter the
text
box?