How can I copy the contents of an individually selected RichTextBox?

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Hello, I have 42 RichTextBoxes (RTBs) and I would like to add my ContextMenuStrip to each of them (which I have already done), but the problem I am having is when the application is running and the ContextMenuItem "Copy" for example is clicked, I can only make it copy the context of one of the RTBs, when I would like it to copy the contents of any individual one.
So as I mentioned, I have 42 RTBs, but I am having trouble getting the contents of the focused RTB. The below code is just copying the 1 RTB and when I Copy on another RTB, it copies the contents of RTB1.
I originally started out with like so, but is just for the one RTB and when I add more than one in the code below it's even more of a disaster..

VB

Private Sub Copy_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Copy.Click
    RichTextBox1.Copy()
End Sub

I tried using this, but I was not sure how to add the copy function into it:

VB

Private Sub Copy_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Copy.Click
    Try
        For Each itm As Control In EnumerateAllControls(Me)
            For Each c As Control In itm.Controls
                If TypeOf c Is RichTextBox Then
                    ****NOT SURE WHAT CODE TO PUT HERE..****
                End If
            Next
        Next
    Catch ex As Exception
        MsgBox(ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

So If anyone can help my Copy ContextMenuItem to focus on the user focused RTB, I would greatly appreciate it! :)

Posted 10-Aug-11 10:54am

NY Andrew

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Simon_Whale · Accepted Answer · 2011-08-10T13:07:00

Solution 1

You would do something like this

VB

if TypeOf c is RichTextBox then
  c.Copy
end if

But this only copies it to the clipboard and will be overwritten with the data from the other Richtextboxs.

Posted 10-Aug-11 13:07pm

Simon_Whale

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NY Andrew 10-Aug-11 19:16pm

Thanks for your reply Simon, but I have already tried that and it did not work like it should.

Simon_Whale 10-Aug-11 19:18pm

What is it your after it doing?

NY Andrew 10-Aug-11 19:21pm

Ok, so I have 42 RTBs and when the user focuses on say RTB3, I want the ContextMenu to pop (which it does), and then I want the COPY menu to copy highlighted text, but I cannot get it to work because I have so many RTBs..

Simon_Whale 10-Aug-11 19:29pm

Have a look at the contextmenu.sourcecontrol this will tell you what control fire the event.

so I would use

dim rch as RichTextbox = ContextMenu1.Sourcecontrol
rch.Copy

NY Andrew 10-Aug-11 19:37pm

OH WOW!! It actually worked! THANK YOU SO MUCH Simon_Whale! I NEVER would have thought of that!
May I ask, how this sourcecontrol works? I never even heard of it before.

Simon_Whale 10-Aug-11 19:40pm

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.contextmenu.sourcecontrol.aspx

NY Andrew 10-Aug-11 19:47pm

Ok, thanks for that link. I was looking at this explanation of it which I could not understand: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.windows.forms.contextmenustrip.sourcecontrol.aspx
Well thanks again Simon_Whale for all your help! :)

Simon_Whale 11-Aug-11 2:04am

Any time :)