How to copy a text from a textbox and copy to an other program

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I would like to be able to copy a text that I load into a textbox in a C# program to the clipboard and that the copied text is pasted in an other window (out side of the C# program) after a 4 second timer.
I'm not sure how to handle the copy / paste bit of this.
Also the text should be copied in to different fields of the other program using tab.
Any ideas on those issues?

Only 1 program is a third-party, the source program is one we will develop in house.
We actually need the in-house program to copy the text which I loaded into it and paste it in the third-party program.
My actual question is what C# code should I use to be able to automatically copy the text and automatically paste it when I click in the third-party program textbox.

Posted 7-Feb-13 23:11pm

Nomardus

Updated 7-Feb-13 23:41pm

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Zoltán Zörgő 8-Feb-13 5:15am

Both are third party programs?

Nomardus 8-Feb-13 5:28am

Only 1 program is a third-party, the source program is one we will develop in house.
We actually need the in-house program to copy the text which I loaded into it and paste it in the third-party program.
My actual question is what C# code should I use to be able to automatically copy the text and automatically paste it when I click in the third-party program textbox.

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private void CopyTemplate()
       {
           TimerText.Text = "Copying";
           SendKeys.SendWait("{HOME}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("Update ticket on ticket: ");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{TAB}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("Regarding ticket: " + ValueCopy + "");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("Summary: ");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("+{TAB}+{TAB}+{TAB}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}{ENTER}");

           textBox1.SelectAll();
           textBox1.Copy();
           SendKeys.SendWait("^{V}");

           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}{ENTER}{ENTER}{ENTER}{ENTER}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("+{TAB}+{TAB}+{TAB}");

           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}{ENTER}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}{TAB}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("{ENTER}");
           SendKeys.SendWait("+{TAB}+{TAB}+{TAB}+{TAB}");

           TimerText.Text = "Done";
           StartDoneTimer();
       }

Posted 7-Mar-13 2:05am

Nomardus

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Richard MacCutchan · Accepted Answer · 2013-02-07T23:40:00

Solution 1

The copy part is easy, just use the Clipboard Class[^] and put your data into it. The pasting will have to be done by the receiving program, but you can signal it with a Windows message, such as WM_PASTE[^].

Posted 7-Feb-13 23:40pm

Richard MacCutchan

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Nomardus 8-Feb-13 5:47am

Richard,

The problem is that we can't access the source code of the receiving program simply because we aren't allowed.
Is there a way that the sending program can paste it into the receiving program by just clicking in the receiving program?

Richard MacCutchan 8-Feb-13 6:30am

The only way you could do it is to find the window handle of an edit control in the receiving program, and send the WM_PASTE message to that control. However there is no guarantee that the control will accept it. You could talk to the people that own the receiving program for help.