copy and paste function

augustus

hi, i'm trying to do a cut, copy and paste function for my C# application, but the information i can find on the net is only restricted to cut, copy and paste from a textbox.
how can i point the function to highlighted text to cut copy and paste the highlighted text?

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Scott Lysle19y ago
The richtextbox control can be used to generate RTF documents with formatting and embedded objects sort of like a word document; unlike a textbox, you can apply formatting to individual words (or characters) and it has a lot of built in functionality that allows you to do word processing sorts of things.

There is a VB example here, it would not be much of a trick to convert it to C#: (it does show how to embed images too)

http://www.vbdotnetheaven.com/UploadFile/scottlysle/WordProcessor09122006234320PM/WordProcessor.aspx?ArticleID=ccefb5dc-29cf-43fb-9fef-d8e55d477387
augustus19y ago
Thanx scott, i'm trying to allow user to select text or pictures to be copied from any panels on the application by highlighting the intended item. btw, can i ask what's the difference between the richtextbox and textbox? thank you
Scott Lysle19y ago
If you are strictly interested in cutting, copying, and pasting highlighted text, you might wish to use the rich text box control in lieu of the text box control. These functions (and many others) are built into the rich text box control.

For example:

richTextBox1.Copy();
richTextBox1.Cut();
richTextBox1.Paste();