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Boo · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 10:41 pm Post subject: API and Copy Command?

Hi Guys,

Does anyone know of a way to send a copy command to a window (similar to Ctrl-C) using API?

Something like:

%%Activewin = @winactive(C)
%%copy = @sendmsg(~%%Activewin,$0301,0,0)

Which does not work...

Thanks,

- Boo

PGWARE · **Web Host** Joined: 29 Dec 2001 Posts: 1565

If you are sending a copy command to another window; in your @sendmsg( ) function do not put ~ infront of the window handle. When you put ~ infront of the window handle it tells vds to search for the handle/window in your app and not any global handles/windows that might be open.

Boo · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:26 pm Post subject:

Yeppers, tried that. But to no avail.

Any suggestions?

Thanks,

- Boo

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:29 pm Post subject:

Hey Boo,

Have you tried,

Boo · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:31 pm Post subject:

Howdy,

Yeppers. The problem is that I want to avoid sending a CTRL key to the window... Was hoping API might be the solution.

Thanks,

- Boo

ShinobiSoft · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:36 pm Post subject:

Another thought about the

Boo · Posted: Tue Oct 19, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject:

Yeppers, aware of that. But thanks just the same. Wink

I need to avoid use of the CTRL key altogether...

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:30 am Post subject:

Well.. if you are trying to copy from an editbox/combo and have the actual handle to it, you can send WM_COPY:

Boo · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:40 am Post subject:

Thanks Sheep. However, how can you use API to copy text from a non-edit/non-combo window/control? Such as highlighted text on a Web page?

FYI: The following API code works fine in VDS 3.5, but not in version 5.x:

Boo · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:48 am Post subject:

Correction. The above code in VDS 3.5 and VDS 5.x, but only when copying text from certain edit boxes/combos.

Still need a solution for copying text from windows/controls other than edit boxes/combos. (That is, that contain text that may be copied/pasted.)

SnarlingSheep · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:03 am Post subject:

I'm really not sure on how to copy selected text from another window unless it's in an edit. Odd that WM_COPY worked on non-edit windows in VDS 3..
Maybe someone else knows something I'm missing.

jules · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 9:27 am Post subject:

WM_COPY is just a Windows message. I can't see how it could make any difference what version of VDS is sending it.

However, it's certainly possible that some controls other than the basic Windows controls don't support WM_COPY. For example, many enhanced components created using VCL in Delphi. The developer may not have provided support for this message. In that case, sendng CTRL-C to the application may work, but still only if the developer provided support for this shortcut.

Boo · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 1:03 pm Post subject:

Yeppers, it seems to work in VDS 3.5 and 5.0, but only in editboxes/combos.

Still hoping for a solution for the copying of non-editable text....