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Copy - Paste
Is there a way to single-click a text box on a form, have the contents of that textbox copied to the clipboard (in the background), and then be able to [Right-Click]-[Paste] it into another textbox?
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The simplest way is to use keyboard shortcuts:
Ctrl+C will copy it
Ctlr + V will paste it
If you want to use code you could, but you aren't going to really save any keystrokes or mouseclicks.
Ctrl+C will copy it
Ctlr + V will paste it
If you want to use code you could, but you aren't going to really save any keystrokes or mouseclicks.
For people that are comfortable with the Windows GUI standards, it doesn't seem like it would be intuitive that if they just click on a text box the content would go to the clipboard. You could create a custom trigger on the field to trap for mouse clicks and place something in the clipboard, but it feels less than obvious, and you would have to worry about "dirty" content in the field, meaning they typed something, but haven't left the field, so it isn't in the .Value of that control yet. Etc...
If you really need this on just a few fields, I'd probably put a small button just to the right of the text field, with an icon of label that indicates "copy". Then if they click that button, just take the value of the text field and place it in the clipboard. Feels more user friendly, IMHO.
»bp
If you really need this on just a few fields, I'd probably put a small button just to the right of the text field, with an icon of label that indicates "copy". Then if they click that button, just take the value of the text field and place it in the clipboard. Feels more user friendly, IMHO.
»bp
The field I want to copy would be locked so it could not be edited. But I do want to single click it to copy the contents to the clipboard and then [Right-Click]-[Paste] it to another unlocked textbox.
As long as the control is LOCKED=TRUE and not ENABLED=FALSE, then something like this should get you started.
I haven't figured out how to stop the normal even handler from firing after this trigger runs, working on that...
»bp
I haven't figured out how to stop the normal even handler from firing after this trigger runs, working on that...
Private Sub Text0_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Button = 2 Then
With CreateObject("New:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
If IsNull(Text0.Value) Then
.SetText ""
.PutInClipboard
Else
.SetText Text0.Value
.PutInClipboard
End If
End With
End If
End Sub
»bp
Okay, looks like we can do it this way (Up event rather than Down).
»bp
Private Sub Text0_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Button = 2 Then
With CreateObject("New:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
If IsNull(Text0.Value) Then
.SetText ""
.PutInClipboard
Else
.SetText Text0.Value
.PutInClipboard
End If
End With
DoCmd.CancelEvent
End If
End Sub
»bp
You may be able to use the simple commands:
' Copy selected text or object.
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy
' Paste a copied text or object.
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdPaste
Bill: This does not work:
Private Sub txtDescription_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Button = 2 Then
With CreateObject("New:{1C3B4210-F441-11CE-B9EA-00AA006B1A69}")
If IsNull(txtDescription.Value) Then
.SetText ""
.PutInClipboard
Else
.SetText txtDescription.Value
.PutInClipboard
End If
End With
DoCmd.CancelEvent
End If
End Sub
And what does "this does not work" mean? Did you get an error? Or did it run and nothing showed in clipboard? Or other?
»bp
»bp
So this should handle the copy part of things, try it there.
As far as the past goes, how would that logic work? On this first text box, right click always copies? But on one other specific text box right click always pastes?
»bp
As far as the past goes, how would that logic work? On this first text box, right click always copies? But on one other specific text box right click always pastes?
Private Sub Text0_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Button = 2 Then
If Not IsNull(Text0.Value) Then
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy
End If
DoCmd.CancelEvent
End If
End Sub
»bp
If you always want to paste into a second control on right click, then try:
»bp
Private Sub Text1_MouseUp(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
If Button = 2 Then
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdPaste
DoCmd.CancelEvent
End If
End Sub
»bp
Gustav, I put this code in the onclick event of the textbox. When I single click it the text does not get copied to the clipboard.
Bill. This doesn't put anything on the clipboard either. No error. Nothing.
Bill. This doesn't put anything on the clipboard either. No error. Nothing.
If Button = 2 Then
If Not IsNull(txtDescription.Value) Then
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy
End If
DoCmd.CancelEvent
End If
Gustav, I put this code in the onclick event of the textbox.
When I single click it the text does not get copied to the clipboard.
That's because when clicking you are resetting a select.
You must select something to copy. If that is the content of the textbox, modify your code to select the content, then copy:
Private Sub Felt1_Click()
Me!Felt1.SelStart = 0
Me!Felt1.SelLength = Len(Me!Felt1.Text)
DoCmd.RunCommand acCmdCopy
End Sub
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