Unable highllight the text in the multi-line text item in forms11g

Hi,
I using forms11g and I have a foirm which have a multilline field which are not hinghlighting the text when the cursor come there but it works fine in forms6i.
Any solution on this will highly appriciated.

I using forms11g and I have a foirm which have a multilline field which are not hinghlighting the text when the cursor come there but it works fine in forms6i.Check your Forms 6i form. I'll bet you have a Current Record Visual Attribute property assigned and you missed assigning this in Forms 11g. If it is assigned, double-check the Visual Attribute (VA) group exists and/or make sure all the VA attributes are valid for Forms 11g.
Hope this helps,
Craig B-)
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