Hi All

The goal is to allow the user to select text and then progrmatically remove the text and place it on the clipboard, where it will undergo further processing.

You might say, ah Ha!, just use KEYBOARD '{CTRL+X}'. That won't work, because it is not reliable. The short cut key combintation depends on the existance of a menu with that shortcut; which may not always be the case. Also, if something else is already on the clipboard, there is another problem. I need to be able to manipulate only my user's selected text. I have had problems when Windows appears to cycle through the "stack" of items on the clipboard. Using _CLIPTEXT doesn't solve this problem.

I have figured out the Win API functions well enough to Open, close and clear the clipboard, and to manipulate text that has already been cut.

Where I need help is in using the API to actually cut the text after the user has selected it.

Thanks in advance for your help.

Regards
Don Lowrey