Right click textbox?

[Whatupdoc]

is something like this possible in vb?

I have this in a textbox "Hey what's up"

I would like to high the word "what's", right click it and have a input box that says "Please enter the word you would like to replace it with". the user enters "dude" and the original textbox will go from "hey what's up" to "hey dude up"

[Whatupdoc]

actually, it doesn't have to be a textbox. it can be a richtextbox too

[mikee_phil]

create a menupopup then use the seltext of the text box then replace it with the value of the input box

[Whatupdoc]

ok i got everything working besides the replace function.

like what if i had a textbox "what what up" and wanted to replace the word "what" it'll replace both of them

[Whatupdoc]

hmm i just thought of a good idea that will work (it's a bit hard to explain in details), but i need help with something.

How would i grab text from a textbox from length a to length b?

[Al42]

You mean from point a to point b? Mid$(text,a,b-a+1).

[Whatupdoc]

You mean from point a to point b? Mid$(text,a,b-a+1).

yea thanks alot!

[Whatupdoc]

one more question, when i right click a textbox. two menu shows up. the first one is the original one that comes with windows. you know that one that says "copy, paste, etc..."

the second one is the one i implemented:
If Button = vbRightButton Then
PopupMenu mnuButton
End If

how do i disable the first menu?

[wiz126]

The easiest way of making a custom right click menu toa text box is making your own menu make sure its set to visible false then add this code

since adding a right click menu will cuse the default menu to show you will need to disable it and enable it. like this:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Text1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
    If Button = vbRightButton Then
        Text1.Enabled = False
        Text1.Enabled = True
        Text1.SetFocus
        PopupMenu mnuTextRightClick
    End If
End Sub

back to your question......solution:

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Text1.Text = "Hey what's up"
End Sub
 
Private Sub Text1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Dim word, replaced As String
    If Button = vbRightButton Then
        If Text1.SelLength > 0 Then
            word = Text1.SelText
            replaced = InputBox("What world would you like to replace """ _
                        & word & _
                                """ it with?" _
                        , " Replace", "dude ")
            If replaced = "" Then
                Exit Sub
            Else
                Text1.Text = Replace(Text1.Text, word, replaced)
            End If
        Else
                Text1.Enabled = False
                Text1.Enabled = True
                Text1.SetFocus
                PopupMenu MnuElse 'must place a menu or the regular
                                  'menu will comeup insted which is
                                  'what you don't want to happen
    End If
    End If
End Sub

You should realy be a ware that the you can use the deault "Find and Replace Dialog" http://www.vbforums.com/showthread.p...+Common+Dialog

[Whatupdoc]

cool thanks alot, but this part won't work if text1.text = "what what up dude" and i wanted to replace the word "what"

Option Explicit
 
Private Sub Form_Load()
    Text1.Text = "Hey what's up"
End Sub
 
Private Sub Text1_MouseDown(Button As Integer, Shift As Integer, X As Single, Y As Single)
Dim word, replaced As String
    If Button = vbRightButton Then
        If Text1.SelLength > 0 Then
            word = Text1.SelText
            replaced = InputBox("What world would you like to replace """ _
                        & word & _
                                """ it with?" _
                        , " Replace", "dude ")
            If replaced = "" Then
                Exit Sub
            Else
                Text1.Text = Replace(Text1.Text, word, replaced)
            End If
        Else
                Text1.Enabled = False
                Text1.Enabled = True
                Text1.SetFocus
                PopupMenu MnuElse 'must place a menu or the regular
                                  'menu will comeup insted which is
                                  'what you don't want to happen
    End If
    End If
End Sub

[mikee_phil]

use the seltext of the text box
if you highlight "what" just isuue the seltext on your menu popup
Text1.SelText = word

[Whatupdoc]

yea i'm talking about when your replacing words, it'll replace all of it instead of just one word.