Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete Using the Clipboard Object Source Codes in Visual Basic

Are you having difficulty in doing Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete of texts routines in Visual Basic? Well, settle down now.

This source codes shows the CUT, COPY, PASTE and DELETE routines using the Clipboard object. This source codes assumes that you have four commandbutton controls (EditCut, EditCopy, EditPaste and EditDelete) in your Visual Basic project

Private Sub EditCut_Click()
    'Clear the contents of the Clipboard.
    Clipboard.Clear
    'Copy selected text to Clipboard.
    Clipboard.SetText Screen.ActiveControl.SelText
    'Delete selected text.
    Screen.ActiveControl.SelText = ""
End Sub

Private Sub EditCopy_Click()
    'Clear the contents of the Clipboard.
    Clipboard.Clear
    'Copy selected text to Clipboard.
    Clipboard.SetText Screen.ActiveControl.SelText
End Sub

Private Sub EditPaste_Click()
    'Place text from Clipboard into active control.
    Screen.ActiveControl.SelText = Clipboard.GetText()
End Sub

Private Sub EditDelete_Click()
    'Delete selected text.
    Screen.ActiveControl.SelText = ""
End Sub