You can use _CLIPTEXT to deal with the clipboard directly in code.

* put text in the clipboard
_CLIPTEXT="My String"

* read text from the clipboard
MyVar=_CLIPTEXT

HTH :-)

>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.
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>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.
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>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.
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>Where I need help is in using the API to actually cut the text after the user has selected it.
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>Thanks in advance for your help.
>
>Regards
>Don Lowrey