Not so obvious, I would never had thought of a separate field for every
digit. Too slow I think also without a second window , which I don't
want hanging around. The problem is compounded when I want to
Print Preview this data in a scrolling window.

Thanks anyway it did prompt a solution which was a combination
of Jay's suggestion and another.

Joe Lewis Wilkins wrote:

> Hi Martin,
>
> I wasn't going to make this suggestion, since it is so simple and
> kind of obvious.  Just use a separate edit field for each digit.
> If
> a digit is the one randomly selected, just change the font style
> for that digit to "underlined", or maybe a color would be even
> better. And set the previous one to "plain" or "black".  This
> would
> require about 250 edit fields.  I've just done something similar
> in
> a program I'm writing.  To make it happen quickly, you could use
> two different windows, making the changes in one that is hidden,
> then switching windows.
>
> Not very sophisticated, but it should be easy to do.  To make
> things
> neat, you might want to use a mono-spaced font like Monaco.
>
> Joe Wilkins
>
> Martin Fitzgibbons wrote:
>
> > I have 50 numbers that I want to print on the screen & printer.
> > I randomly want to underline one of the digits in the number
> > but have not been able to come up with anything workable.
> >
> > 34230
> > 65734
> > 12034
> >
> > I have to keep track of the number and digit underlined for
> > a further process.
> >
> > Any Suggestions?
> >
> > Martin
>
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