Trap the paste?

[kurtsimons]

I have a rich text box that has a cetain format to it...

I am trapping keystrokes to prevent certain things from being entered.

How can I check what is being pasted from the clipboard before the text is actually inserted into the richtextbox.

I do not wish to do this with _change... I need to trap it before the data is pasted.

any help would be great!

[jjortiz]

I know this is not the best way but why not do something like this.

Private Sub RichTextBox1_KeyDown(KeyCode As Integer, Shift As Integer)
    Str = KeyCode & " " & Shift
    
    If KeyCode = vbKeyV And Shift = 2 Then
        RichTextBox1.Text = Str
    End If
    KeyCode = 0
End Sub

[kurtsimons]

Thanks

I'll pretend I didn't ask... not sure why I though it would be so complicated..

I guess with a regular text box you can right click it and then select paste but with a rich text box its not there.

thanks

[jjortiz]

I am sorry did you ask something? No just kidding. You are welcome.

[Kaverin]

Just to let you know, in case you're later using the RTB and wonder "where in the world did the menu go?", it isn't on by default. All of the options are still there as in a normal textbox, but it can be turned on/off with RTB.AutoVerbMenu.

[jjortiz]

That is good to know. Hey i also have a 1.2 ghz with half a gig of ram and a 60 gig harddrive. It's a soyo board. Runs pretty nice. Hey and what is looping midis.

[Kaverin]

In this case, it's just playing an midi in VB, and having it replay once it's over automatically, with no timers or anything "sloppy" like that .

[jjortiz]

gotcha.