how to get copy and paste (ctrl C and ctrl V) in .exe

[Nifrabar]

Hi to all,
I have an application without menu.
My users like to have copy and paste facilities in my app.
As the app is without menu I am wondering how to achieve that.
Now, when using ctrl-C that keystoke acts like the 'skip'command while ctrl-V works as expected (without explicite doen some work to achieve this).
Any idea ?
-Bart

 

[KoenPiller]

Nifrabar,

There are many topics on this subject. Please read also 184-30500 , 184-695095 and 184-480172.
They explain how to make a shortcut menu.

Regards,

Koen

 

[Nifrabar]

Koen,
thanks for your reply
how to navigate to the threads you marked up ?
-bart

 

[Mike Lewis]

Koen,

When you want to quote a thread number in a message, the best way is to copy and paste the entire thread name (including the word 'thread') from the top of the thread's page (just below the thread title). For example: thread184-823135

That way, the thread will appear as a hyperlink.

Mike


Mike Lewis
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[craigber]

There is an article on my web site that discusses how to include copy, cut, & paste.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com

Author, CrysDev: A Developer's Guide to Integrating Crystal Reports"

 

[Nifrabar]

Hi Craig,
Thanks for your reply.
Will there be a way to include the functionality without the need of a toolbar ?
-Bart

 

[craigsboyd]

It seems to me that you could use the _CLIPTEXT system variable and some ON KEY LABEL commands and get all the functionality you wanted.

_{craig1442@mchsi.com}

"Whom computers would destroy, they must first drive mad." - Anon​

 

[wgcs]

Nifrabar,

All you need is to have the Cut, Copy and Paste options on the menues.

DEFINE POPUP _medit MARGIN RELATIVE SHADOW
DEFINE PAD _msm_edit OF _MSYSMENU PROMPT "\<Edit" KEY ALT+E, "" MESSAGE "Edits text or current selection"
ON PAD _msm_edit OF _MSYSMENU ACTIVATE POPUP _medit
DEFINE BAR _med_undo  OF _medit PROMPT "\<Undo"       KEY CTRL+Z, "Ctrl+Z"  MESSAGE "Undoes the last command or action"
DEFINE BAR _med_redo  OF _medit PROMPT "Re\<do"       KEY CTRL+R, "Ctrl+R"  MESSAGE "Repeats the last command or action"
DEFINE BAR _med_sp100 OF _medit PROMPT "\-"       
DEFINE BAR _med_cut   OF _medit PROMPT "Cu\<t"        KEY CTRL+X, "Ctrl+X"  MESSAGE "Removes the selection and places it onto the Clipboard"
DEFINE BAR _med_copy  OF _medit PROMPT "\<Copy"       KEY CTRL+C, "Ctrl+C"  MESSAGE "Copies the selection onto the Clipboard"
DEFINE BAR _med_paste OF _medit PROMPT "\<Paste"      KEY CTRL+V, "Ctrl+V"  MESSAGE "Pastes the contents of the Clipboard"
DEFINE BAR _med_clear OF _medit PROMPT "Cle\<ar"                            MESSAGE "Removes the selection and does not place it onto the Clipboard"
DEFINE BAR _med_sp200 OF _medit PROMPT "\-"
DEFINE BAR _med_slcta OF _medit PROMPT "Se\<lect All" KEY CTRL+A, "Ctrl+A"  MESSAGE "Selects all text or items in the current window"
DEFINE BAR _med_sp300 OF _medit PROMPT "\-"
DEFINE BAR _med_find  OF _medit PROMPT "\<Find..."    KEY CTRL+F, "Ctrl+F"  MESSAGE "Searches for specified text"
DEFINE BAR _med_finda OF _medit PROMPT "Find A\<gain" KEY CTRL+G, "Ctrl+G"  MESSAGE "Repeats the last search"
DEFINE BAR _med_repl  OF _medit PROMPT "R\<eplace..." KEY CTRL+L, "Ctrl+L"  MESSAGE "Replaces specified text with different text"
DEFINE BAR _med_sp400 OF _medit PROMPT "\-"
DEFINE BAR _med_pref  OF _medit PROMPT "Prope\<rties..."                    MESSAGE "Set editor properties"

Why your "Ctrl+C" acts like "SKIP", I don't know: It could be that you've set an "ON KEY LABEL CTRL+C SKIP" command, which might take precedence over the menu.

All the suggestions on Shortcut menus and _CLIPTEXT, etc, can be used "on top of" having the menu choices available, but I'd advise against "hand coding" ON KEY LABEL CTRL+C/X/V commands, and just let the menu handle those. VFP will enable/disable the choices for when they're appropriate.

 

[craigber]

No toolbar is needed. It's the definition of the menu that makes it work. However, you should provide someway for mouse users to do cut and paste, so that means either a toolbar or a menu of some sort.

Craig Berntson
MCSD, Visual FoxPro MVP,

http://www.craigberntson.com

Author, CrysDev: A Developer's Guide to Integrating Crystal Reports"

 

[Nifrabar]

ok fellows, thanks so far.
I think I can go further with the suggestions you gave to me. Maybe I than add a short-menu to the right-click of the textboxes in my lib.
-Bart