What's the difference b/n "select line x" and "set the hilitedlines to x"?

[MichaelBluejay]

I'm able to set the highlighted line of a list field with either of these:

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select line 6 of fid myField
set the hilitedline of old myField to 6

I've searched lo and hi, but can't find the difference between them. Is there one?

BTW, for anyone finding this thread who might be looking for how to programmatically click on a specific line in a list field and have that field fire, I don't think you can do it with one line, but it's pretty easy to do with two:

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select line 6 of fid myField
send mouseup to fid myField

[richmond62]

Well, this:

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on mouseUp
   select line 6 of fld "ff"
end mouseUp

works, while this:

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on mouseUp
   set the hilitedlines of fld "ff" to 6
end mouseUp

does nothing.
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[Klaus]

From the dictionary about "hilitedline":
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If the field's listBehavior property is false, this property has no effect.
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[MichaelBluejay]

Okay, so the answer is that "select line..." always works, and "set the hilitedline..." works only on list fields?

[Klaus]

That's the bottom line.

I always associated "hilitedline(s)" with a listfield and "select(ed) line(s)" with a regular text field.

[MichaelBluejay]

Thank you for the help!

In another thread, Bernd identified another difference: "select line..." screws with the focus, and could "eat" a user's subsequent click, causing it to not register. Switching from "select line..." to "select the hilitedline..." fixed that problem in my stack.