Ctrl-C and Ctrl-V don't work...

Question

I seem to have globally lost the Windows standard Ctrl-C (copy) and Ctrl-V (paste) functionality between the text boxes in my application. Their content is copied from, but not bound to, a database table.  It's almost as if the application/solution itself has "a switch turned off" somewhere.

Where should I start looking please? Any ideas? The textboxes are nothing clever, and their Read Only properties are left at the default  "False".

Thanks.

(VB 2005 Express edition)

Answer 1

Did you change the ContextMenuStrip property?  I believe the TextBox gets this functionality from the default ContextMenu.

Tony

Answer 2

Hi,

You could do it with mouseDown event like this.>>

Alternatively highlight the text you want to copy with the mouse THEN Ctrl-C then do your Ctrl-V .

'Doing this via a GLOBAL variable means you can

'use this text in any other Sub. :-)

Dim pasteText As String

'Enter some text in textbox1 and then click the mouse in textbox1

Private Sub TextBox1_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles TextBox1.MouseDown

pasteText = TextBox1.Text

End Sub

'Click the mouse in textbox2 and the text is copied (pasted) from textbox1

Public Sub TextBox2_MouseDown(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.Windows.Forms.MouseEventArgs) Handles TextBox2.MouseDown

TextBox2.Text = pasteText

End Sub

 

Regards,

S_DS