How does ControlSetText work?

[litlmike]

I am curious what goes on in the background of ControlSetText(), specifically why controls do not inherit the formatting properties of a string. For example, if you copy some bolded text from an MS Word document (maybe using ClipGet() ), then pasted that it into Notepad, why Notepad would not inherit the formatting properties of that text string? I understand by default that Notepad will never inherit the formatting properties of the Clipboard, but there are other Windows Controls that do, yet using ControlSetText() on those controls does not inherit the formatting, like Bold. I am thinking if I can understand the operations of the function, maybe I can come up with a work around. Thanks