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function selectText(divID) //divID contains actual id of 'div' element
{
var textC=document.getElementById(divID);
if (document.selection)
{
//Portion for IE
var div = document.body.createTextRange();
div.moveToElementText(textC);
div.select();
}
else
{
//Portion for FF
var div = document.createRange();
div.setStartBefore(textC);
div.setEndAfter(textC);
window.getSelection().addRange(div);
alert(div.value);
}
}