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  1. Jul 7th, 2001, 04:40 PM #1
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    Webbrowser control - Detecting Selected Text event

    Does anyone know how to detect when inside the webbrowser control that a user has selected text?

    The only way I know how to (force the system to press Ctrl+C and check the contents of clipboard) does not work in my program correctly since other events occur at the same time that hinder its correct operation.

    Suggestions?
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  2. Jul 7th, 2001, 05:02 PM #2
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  3. Jul 7th, 2001, 05:16 PM #3
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    Soultion found

    After struggling for an afternoon... I found out a very close simulation....

    Instead of forcing Ctrl+C into the system (using the USER32 keybd_event command), use a combination of two things:

    MFC Copy command:
    WebBrowser.ExecWB OLECMDID_COPY, OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT

    Clipboard Type Detection:
    And because we are looking for a text, not binary data, use Clipboard.GetText to detect the type of Clipboard data afterward...

    Then use the same strategy: check the clipboard to see if it is non-null.. if it's null... no text has been selected... if it is non-null, text is selected.

    Close as I can get.
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