Selecting text and focusing on a textbox

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Published on 2010-03-24T18:08:16Z Indexed on 2010/03/24 22:13 UTC
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I'm trying to programmatically select the text in a textbox, and focus on it too, so that when the form is launch the user only has to start typing and it will replace what is already there.

I've been using the code:

stage.focus = _finalScoreTF;
_finalScoreTF.setSelection(0, _finalScoreTF.text.length - 1);

but it doesn't work...any ideas?

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