easy I hope: how to copy and paste a textbox control (designtime)
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From: MikeD on 27 Jan 2010 12:24 "mayayana" <mayaXXyana(a)rcXXn.com> wrote in message news:eZIPj9wnKHA.3164(a)TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl... > (You do realize > this is a VB group and not VB.Net?) He must be using VB6 or earlier because VB.NET does not have control arrays. -- Mike
From: Karl E. Peterson on 27 Jan 2010 18:27 vbDavidC presented the following explanation : > On Jan 26, 11:18�pm, duke <nosp...(a)3web.net> wrote: >> On Jan 26, 9:32�pm, vbDavidC <davidsusergro...(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >> >>> Hello, >> >>> I have been using VB for a while but am having a problem with this. >>> I am creating a simple form with textboxes. �After I format the first >>> textbox I want to make a copy of it although not a control array. >>> When I select the textbox I do a Ctrl-C or copy but when I do a Ctrl-V >>> (paste in menu is not enabled). >> >>> I can do this with Command boxes but not textboxes. >>> Am I doing something wrong. >> >> I just tried doing what you suggested with textboxes and it worked >> fine for me. >> If you are hitting Ctrl-V to do the paste, you are doing so without >> displaying the menu and it copies just fine. >> Of course you do have to say "NO" to the prompt asking about creating >> an array each time you hit Ctrl-V if that is what you want, personally >> I use arrays at every opportunity. >> Try again, it should work... What can I say??? >> >> Duke > > I know what both of you are saying. If I do this operation on a > command button or optionbutton it works. It also does not work with > labels.. > > The other way it works is if I select more than 1 control for example > 2 textboxes it allows me to do the copy. If I only select only 1 > textbox I get no prompt. > > weird. thanks. You might also try the *real* shortcuts, Cntl-Ins and Shift-Ins. It's not at all uncommon for those to work when the newfangled ones get all farked up. -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org
From: Dee Earley on 28 Jan 2010 04:55 On 27/01/2010 23:27, Karl E. Peterson wrote: > You might also try the *real* shortcuts, Cntl-Ins and Shift-Ins. It's > not at all uncommon for those to work when the newfangled ones get all > farked up. Or visa versa (random parts of Office!!) -- Dee Earley (dee.earley(a)icode.co.uk) i-Catcher Development Team iCode Systems
From: Karl E. Peterson on 28 Jan 2010 16:20
Dee Earley wrote on 1/28/2010 : > On 27/01/2010 23:27, Karl E. Peterson wrote: >> You might also try the *real* shortcuts, Cntl-Ins and Shift-Ins. It's >> not at all uncommon for those to work when the newfangled ones get all >> farked up. > > Or visa versa (random parts of Office!!) That tells ya that some script kiddies ignorantly rolled their own controls, rather than working with the fundamental base objects provided by the OS. <g> -- ..NET: It's About Trust! http://vfred.mvps.org |