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Re: [WIN] copy SIMPLE combo box selection into clipboard

• Posted by Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> Oct 23, 2000
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Whoops,

Found it, it was easy, just use "setText" to put info into edit control
instead of wPuts it.

Dan

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dan B Moyer" <DANMOYER at prodigy.net>
To: "Euphoria Programming for MS-DOS" <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
Sent: Monday, October 23, 2000 6:52 PM
Subject: Re: [WIN] copy SIMPLE combo box selection into clipboard


> Matt, anyone,
>
> I tried using your second suggestion, after finding "EM_SETSEL", which I
> think is needed to cause text to be "selected" so it can be copied to
> clipboard, but I couldn't make it work.
>
> Here's what I found about "selecting" text to copy to clipboard, don't
> really know from where 'cause I couldn't find it again except in a file I
> saved:
> "The EM_SETSEL message selects a range of characters in an edit control.
You
> can send this message to either an edit control or a rich edit control."
>
> Here's what I tried, maybe you can see what I've done wrong?
>
> <code snippet follows>
>
> global procedure W32RoutinesCombo_onChange ()
> integer dummy
>
> -- writes the text from selected item in combo box into "hidden" edit
> control:
>     -- (this *works*, at *least* when hidden edit is visible)
>   wPuts(HiddenEditLine, getItem(W32RoutinesCombo,
>        getIndex(W32RoutinesCombo)))
>
> -- selects *all* the text in the hidden edit control?
>    -- (I don't see any "selection" occur in the visible "hidden" edit
> control)
>    -- (tried other start/end values too, no result; 0,-1 is supposed to be
> "select all")
> dummy = sendMessage(HiddenEditLine,EM_SETSEL,0,-1)
>
> -- copies selected(?) text in hidden edit control to clipboard:
>    -- (but it doesn't, because "paste" doesn't paste what was in hidden
> edit!)
> copy(HiddenEditLine)
>
> -- sets focus back to real editor:
>   setFocus(mle)
>
> end procedure
> onChange[W32RoutinesCombo] = routine_id("W32RoutinesCombo_onChange")
>
> <code snippet ends>
>
> Any ideas??
>
> Dan
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Matt Lewis" <matthewwalkerlewis at YAHOO.COM>
> To: <EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU>
> Sent: Sunday, October 22, 2000 12:35 PM
> Subject: Re: [WIN] copy SIMPLE combo box selection into clipboard
>
>
> > --- Dan B Moyer <DANMOYER at PRODIGY.NET> wrote:
> > > Whoops,
> > > I should have said,  (how) can I get an item selected in a SIMPLE
combo
> box
> > > copied into the clipboard?
> > >
> >
> > You probably need to use the clipboard functions defined in user32.dll:
> >
> > OpenClipboard, SetClipboardData, CloseClipboard, EmptyClipboard:
> >
> > BOOL OpenClipboard(  HWND hWndNewOwner   // handle to window opening
> > clipboard);
> > BOOL CloseClipboard(VOID)
> > HANDLE SetClipboardData(  UINT uFormat, // clipboard format
> >   HANDLE hMem   // data handle);
> > BOOL EmptyClipboard(VOID)
> >
> > Alternatively, you could create a hidden edit control, set the text to
> whatever
> > is selected in the combo, and use the win32lib copy() routine on the
edit
> > control.
> >
> >
> >
> > =====
> > Matt Lewis
> > http://www.realftp.com/matthewlewis
> >
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