Set selected text as variable (CS3 with JS)

How can I set a piece of selected text as a string variable?
I'm running InDesign with InCopy CS3 on a Windows XP computer.

If you mean "assign the selected text to a variable", then you could do this:
var myText = app.selection[0].contents;
Peter

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A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3

In several instances I can't highlight text to copy or to edit, other times it works fine. If I click the radio button for the text in layers (other layers may be locked to prevent accidental selection), the baselines appears and I should be able to highlight the text, but I can't. If I highlight some other unaffected area of text successfully (unlocked layers), sometimes it will allow me to select the problem text directly after. Then it will go back to being a problem, why?

I'm using the general text tool, I've locked the other sublayers to avoid accidentally selecting those items. Then I click the radio button on the sublayer I wish to edit or copy, which reveals the baselines. Then if I click within that object to highlight text with the cursor, the text tool creates a new textbox/sublayer and does not highlight the text I intended.
From: Monika Gause <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Reply-To: <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Date: Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:49:40 -0600
To: Roger Daleiden <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>>
Subject: A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3
Re: A problem highlighting/selecting text in Illustrator CS3
created by Monika Gause<http://forums.adobe.com/people/Monika+Gause> in Illustrator - View the full discussion<http://forums.adobe.com/message/3992086#3992086

How to set selected text on JTextPane ?

I need to set selected text on a JTextPane. I used setSelectionStart(); and setSelectionEnd(); but it doesn't work.
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I'm not sure if this is what you are looking for, but the following code sample was revised from the tutorial TextSamplerDemo.java. It will hightlight the word "selected" in yellow in the JTextPane.
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import java.awt.event.*;
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JTextPane - setting selected text colour

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I am trying to remove all font attributes from the selected text. I have used the setCharacterAttributes with the replace option set to true for both the TextPane and the EditorKit. The result is the selected text is changed to "<p-implied>". If I set the replace option to false the method works as advertised but this doesn't help me. I have not been able to find any such beast in previously asked questions. Any ideas?
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Can't set selected text in a JTextArea (bizarre)!

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I'll keep doing searches to see if I can get the information I need.
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Problem with focus and selecting text in jtextfield

I have problem with jtexfield. I know that solution will be very simple but I can't figure it out.
This is simplified version of situation:
I have a jframe, jtextfield and jbutton. User can put numbers (0-10000) separated with commas to textfield and save those numbers by pressing jbutton.
When jbutton is pressed I have a validator which checks that jtextfield contains only numbers and commas. If validator sees that there are invalid characters, a messagebox is launched which tells to user whats wrong.
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