Thanks -- as noted there, it may not be bug-free .... it returns one character too many.

Thanks!

>See http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/copy-command-window-selected-text-clipboard-programmatically and http://www.berezniker.com/content/pages/visual-foxpro/copy-prg-contents-clipboard
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>>Is it possible to create a keyboard macro that will extract the marked text fromr the currently opened window (presumably method code)?
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>>If so, are there any examples available to do this?
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>>Thanks in advance