paste( )

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Copies text from the Windows clipboard to the control.

Syntax

<oRef>.paste( )

<oRef>

An object reference to the control in which to paste the text.

Property of

Browse, ComboBox, Editor, Entryfield, SpinBox

Description

Use paste( ) when the user wants to copy text from the Windows clipboard into the specified control.

If you have assigned a menubar to the form, you can use a menu item assigned to the menubar’s editPasteMenu property instead of using the paste( ) method of individual objects on the form.