MsgBox copy trick

[trids]

Not too long ago, there was mention of a cool (but undocumented ) feature of AU3 MsgBox calls: you could copy the text to the clipboard by pressing CTRL+C when the MsgBox window had focus.

But now I can't seem to get it to work! I'm on v 3.0.100 .. has this feature been censored? If not, then what are the constraints and other secrets?

And if it is still around, it isn't mentioned in the MsgBox topic of the helpfile (yet ).

[jpm]

I check with 3.0.100 or 3.0.101 which is the official release every thing OK under XP/SP1

[SlimShady]

That feature is cool.

I wonder how it works (There's nothing selected).

It works with the new beta version.

Edited July 7, 2004 by SlimShady

[trids]

I'm on NT4 (SP6) .. I wonder if that's where the issue lies?

Msgbox (0,"title","text")
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 16,"title","text") ; Stop sign
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 32,"title","text") ; Question
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 48,"title","text") ; Exclamation
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 64,"title","text") ; Info
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 16,"title","text") ; Stop sign

    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 16,"title","text") ; Stop sign
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 32,"title","text") ; Question
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 48,"title","text") ; Exclamation
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 64,"title","text") ; Info
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 16,"title","text") ; Stop sign

... I can't get any of these to work ..

[Valik]

It's a Microsoft thing as far as I know (And also works on any standard message box from any application). That means it may not have been available on earlier versions of Windows.

[jpm]

I'm on NT4 (SP6) .. I wonder if that's where the issue lies? 

Msgbox (0,"title","text")
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 16,"title","text"); Stop sign
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 32,"title","text"); Question
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 48,"title","text"); Exclamation
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 64,"title","text"); Info
    Msgbox (0 + 0 + 16,"title","text"); Stop sign

    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 16,"title","text"); Stop sign
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 32,"title","text"); Question
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 48,"title","text"); Exclamation
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 64,"title","text"); Info
    Msgbox (4096 + 1 + 16,"title","text"); Stop sign

... I can't get any of these to work .. 

I made a test under NT4 and it was not working either.

I leave to expert to say why? (JOn,Valik,...)

[Valik]

Bit of googling turns up that this feature was introduced in Windows 2000.

Edit: First paragraph at this URL

Edited July 7, 2004 by Valik

[jpm]

Bit of googling turns up that this feature was introduced in Windows 2000.

Edit: First paragraph at this URL

Thanks Valik

[Nutster]

That explains why it does not work on my Windows 98 machine.

[trids]

Yes, thanks for clearing that up, Valik - and thanks to everyone else who helped out too

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