Reliably way to get/copy selected text

[Sunaj]

Ok, I've made a small script to manipulate text it gets the selected text in a given word/txt file by me pressing a hotkey, the important bit goes like this:

......
Send("^c")
ClipPut(StringLower (ClipGet()))
Send("^v")
......

The problem is that the Send("^c") way of getting the text does not come through as 100% reliable - often when the script is run for the first time it will fail simply by Send("^v")'ing the last copied item instead of the one currently selected. Any ideas for replacing the Send("^c") method of getting the text plus ideas for error correction would be highly appreciated.

[creeping]

Try slowing things down a wee bit by using some sleep commands, see if it makes a difference

HotKeySet("{F6}", "CopyText")
HotKeySet("{F7}", "PasteText")

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func CopyText()
    Send("{CTRLDOWN}")
    Sleep(100)
    Send("c")
    Sleep(100)
    Send("{CTRLUP}")
EndFunc

Func PasteText()
    Send("{CTRLDOWN}")
    Sleep(100)
    Send("v")
    Sleep(100)
    Send("{CTRLUP}")
EndFunc

[Sunaj]

Try slowing things down a wee bit by using some sleep commands, see if it makes a difference

Thanks for quick reply, it DOES make a difference, however, the thing is I would much prefer a more 'cleancut' approach to the problem (i.e. solving it with a system/dll call of some sort or another) since the sleep command way of 'fixing' it is more of a workaround - if the system is under stress or the script is used on a slower computer it is likely to fail.

btw: it does seem to do a difference simply to use the Send("{CTRLDOWN}")/Send("{CTRLUP}") without all the sleeps - i'll report back if the fix is stable

Edited October 1, 2006 by Sunaj

[Bert]

I've ran into the same problem, and I ended up doing the command ctrl +c twice. That made it 100%. I know, not clean, but it works.