Replaces the current selection in the text box with the contents of the Clipboard.
[Visual Basic] Public Sub Paste() [C#] public void Paste(); [C++] public: void Paste(); [JScript] public function Paste();
The Paste method will only paste text into the control if text is currently stored in the Clipboard. Once your application exits, any content stored in the Clipboard is removed.
The following example uses TextBox, a derived class. It provides System.WinForms.MenuItem.Click event-handling methods for MenuItem objects that perform Cut, Copy, Paste, and Undo operations. This example assumes that a TextBox control named Text1 has been created.
[Visual Basic]
Private Sub Menu_Copy(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' Ensure that text is selected in the text box. If Text1.SelectionLength > 0 Then ' Copy the selected text to the Clipboard. Text1.Copy End If End Sub Private Sub Menu_Cut(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' Ensure that text is currently selected in the text box. If Not Text1.SelectedText = "" Then ' Cut the currently selected text to in text box to Clipboard. Text1.Cut End If End Sub Private Sub Menu_Paste(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' Determine if there is any text in the Clipboard to paste into the text box. If Clipboard.GetDataObject.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.CF_STRINGCLASS) = True Then ' Determine if any text is selected in the text box. If Text1.SelectionLength > 0 Then ' Ask user if they want to paste over currently selected text. If MessageBox.Show("Do you want to paste over current selection?", "Cut Example", MessageBox.YesNo) = System.WinForms.DialogResult.No Then ' Move selection to the point after the current selection and paste. Text1.SelectionStart = Text1.SelectionStart + Text1.SelectionLength End If End If ' Paste current text in Clipboard into text box. Text1.Paste End If End Sub Private Sub Menu_Undo(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) ' Determine if we can undo last operation in text box. If Text1.CanUndo = True Then ' Undo the last operation. Text1.Undo ' Clear the undo buffer to prevent last action from being redone. Text1.ClearUndo End If End Sub
TextBoxBase Class | TextBoxBase Members | System.WinForms Namespace | Cut | Copy | Undo | CanUndo | Clear