When I open my editable JComboBox I want the text for the displayed item
to be selected in the sense that any typing would replace the text.  In
most applications selection can be achieved by sweeping across the text
with the left mouse button pressed or by using SHIFT and the LEFT or
RIGHT arrow key.  So in my application I created KeyEvents with key
codes for VK_SHIFT and IDs KEY_PRESSED and KEY_RELEASED and for VK_LEFT
with IDs KEY_PRESSED and KEY_RELEASED.  I sent these events to my combo
box via dispatchEvent.  I used exactly the same sequence of presses and
releases that I was able to observe to select text in the combo box when
I selected it manually and monitored the events by handling them in
KeyAdapter.  The result was that the cursor moved across the text but
did not select it.  Can anyone tell me why the selection did not happen?
 Note: I am using Java 1.2 (it's a Visual Cafe tools limitation) so
although I know that the Robot class might be useful in this case it is
not available to me.

Roger