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InsertAtCursor

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  1. function insertAtCursor(myField, myValue) {
  2.   //IE support
  3.   if (document.selection) {
  4.     myField.focus();
  5.     sel = document.selection.createRange();
  6.     sel.text = myValue;
  7.   }
  8.   //MOZILLA/NETSCAPE support
  9.   else if (myField.selectionStart || myField.selectionStart == '0') {
  10.     var startPos = myField.selectionStart;
  11.     var endPos = myField.selectionEnd;
  12.     myField.value = myField.value.substring(0, startPos)
  13.                   + myValue 
  14.                   + myField.value.substring(endPos, myField.value.length);
  15.   } else {
  16.     myField.value += myValue;
  17.   }
  18. }
  19.  
  20. // calling the function
  21.  
  22. insertAtCursor(document.formName.fieldName, 'this value');

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