How to Position Cursor at End of Text in Editing Window

• Microsoft FoxPro for MS-DOS, versions 2.0, 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b
• Microsoft FoxPro for Windows, versions 2.5, 2.5a, and 2.5b

By default, when you open an editing window in FoxPro with the MODIFY MEMO or the @ ... EDIT command, the cursor will be placed at the beginning of the text in the open editing window. Normally you have to press the PAGE DOWN key to put the cursor at the end of the text so that you can start adding more text. To avoid this extra keystroke, you can issue the following code, which automatically places the cursor at the end of the text when you open a memo field for editing.

   USE c:\<foxpro main directory>\tutorial\salesman IN 1
   MODIFY MEMO notes RANGE LEN(notes)+1, LEN(notes)+1
   USE    && close database

   RANGE <expN1>, <expN2>

   RANGE lets you open a memo editing window with a range of
   characters selected. Characters are selected starting at the
   position specified with <expN1> up to (but not including) the
   <expN2> character. If <expN1> is equal to <expN2>, no characters
   are selected, and the cursor is placed at the position specified
   with <expN1>.

NOTE: If the memo field is empty, the cursor will be placed at the beginning of the memo editing window.