access to marked text

[danibar]

hi all,

I want to put inside a variable the text I'm currently marking.

theoreticaly it should be possible by stimulatin CTRL+C, but I want to know if there is any other way.

Thanks,

Daniel

[Skruge]

Welcome to the forums.

It all depends on the application and the control you're dealing with. (Some apps resist automation)

If it's an Edit box, you can get the selection range with _GUICtrlEdit_GetSel and then pull the text out with StringMid & _GUICtrlEdit_GetText.

[danibar]

Thanks!

Im quite new to AutoIt. Can you explain me how to do what you meant?

For exapmle, how can I copy a that is selected in notpad?

Thanks,

Daniel

[Skruge]

Thanks!

Im quite new to AutoIt. Can you explain me how to do what you meant?

For exapmle, how can I copy a that is selected in notpad?

Thanks,

Daniel

#include <GUIEdit.au3>
Global $hEdit, $aPos, $sText

$hEdit = ControlGetHandle("[CLASS:Notepad]", "", "Edit1")
If $hEdit Then
    $aPos = _GUICtrlEdit_GetSel($hEdit)
    If IsArray($aPos) Then
        $sText = StringMid(_GUICtrlEdit_GetText($hEdit), $aPos[0] + 1, $aPos[1] - $aPos[0])
        ClipPut($sText)
        MsgBox(0, "Text copied to clipboard", $sText)
    Else
        MsgBox(0, "Error", "Error reading selection")
    EndIf
Else
    MsgBox(0, "Error", "Couldn't find Notepad's control")
EndIf

[danibar]

Very nice! thank you.

Is there any way to copy the marked text without considering the window the text was written in?

I want to be able to do some actions on a marked text, where ever the user choose to write it. sort of like babylon....

possible?

Thanks again,

Daniel

[Malkey]

Very nice! thank you.

Is there any way to copy the marked text without considering the window the text was written in?

I want to be able to do some actions on a marked text, where ever the user choose to write it. sort of like babylon....

possible?

Thanks again,

Daniel

This may help.

Highlight some text, then press Ctrl + c.

;
Global $sCopied

HotKeySet("^c", "CopyHighLited"); Ctrl + c To get highlighted text
HotKeySet("{ESC}", "Terminate") ; Esc to exit

While 1
    Sleep(10)
WEnd

Func CopyHighLited()
    ControlSend("", "", "", "^c")
    $sCopied = ClipGet()
    MsgBox(4096, "", $sCopied)
EndFunc   ;==>CopyHighLited

Func Terminate()
    Exit 0
EndFunc   ;==>Terminate
;

[danibar]

thank you very much!

I didn't now the control send function...

Thanks

Daniel