>Hi Mark,
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>The _ClipText variable seems to work in developement mode but not in my .exe. Is there a setting that needs to be set in the compiled program to copy and paste.
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>What I am testing is copying the result from Win 2000 calculator to the clipboard and then trying to paste into a text/edit control.
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>Thanks for your help.
>
>Bruce

There is a VFP calculator, and I think it is available at runtime. The value of the calculator is stored in _CalcValue. I think you could activate it just by ACTIVATE WINDOW CALCULATOR