As mentioned above: create a variable form to accept the variable. 
Set the focus to the variable edit.
Set auto select on.
Set focus to the variable edit in the “On after start” eep. 
Albert

> On Jan 12, 2018, at 9:37 AM, Albert Berry <alb...@albertberry.com> wrote:
> 
> Just had a quick check, and the dialog value doesn’t seem to have a preselect 
> parameter available. 
> 
> When I hit this sort of problem, I whip up a quick form that looks just like 
> the Dialog box. 
> 
> That might be your best option. 
> 
> Albert
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2018, at 8:08 AM, 'Lawrence Lustig' via RBASE-L 
>> <rbase-l@googlegroups.com <mailto:rbase-l@googlegroups.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> I'm starting a DIALOG command with a default value already in the variable 
>> used by the DIALOG.
>> 
>> The appearance is that the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the 
>> value in the DIALOG's input edit.
>> 
>> I would prefer the value to be already selected so that anything the user 
>> enters replaces what's there already.  I cannot find anything in the OPTIONS 
>> documentation to pre-select the value display.
>> 
>> Anyone know if this is possible.
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