Partial selection of Text in Editbox

Hi,
Please help me with this..
In an Edit box, I want to highlight/select a portion of the text programmatically.
For example, if there's "Some Text" displayed in the text box, I want to select only "Text".
(I am implementing auto-fill (autocomplete) feature in a user defined form.
For that, I need this functionality.
When user starts typing "S", I need to put "ome Text" in the textbox programmetically, as highlighted text. So, if actually user wanted to enter "Scene", instead of "Some Text" suggested by my autocomplete, he need not manually delete the remaining text)
In a google toolbar, if you type any characters, you are getting a popup window with all the matching entries, right?
I want a similar functionality in SBO.
So, Please tell me if you can think of any Multi-Line control in SBO
-In which items can be selected
-Which can display multiple items at a time .
I tried with all the controls of screen painter.
Nothing works..For example, in Pane combo box, only a single item can be viewed at a time.
Grid works, but it is not appealing to the user, for this purpose.
Thank you for taking time to read this message!
-Geetha

Hi,
Thanks for your reply.
I'm trying whether there are any work-arounds.
I'm using sendkeys, and trying the following:
1. Sending RightArrow keys, to position the cursor in the correct position. (i.e, right after the text entered by the user) - I could achieve it!
2. I am sending Shift + End key to highlight the remaining text - It doesn't work:(
But, in the Eventlogs, it produces logs for Shift+End key, so sendkeys works. I don't know why the text is not highlighted.
Please give me ur inputs.
Thank you!
-Geetha

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