RichEditControl.Copy() Method

Copies the content of the selection to the Clipboard.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraRichEdit.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.PivotGrid, DevExpress.Win.RichEdit, DevExpress.Win.TreeMap

Declaration

C#

public void Copy()

VB.NET

Public Sub Copy

Example

The following code finds all occurrences of the “text from RichEditControl” phrase using the SubDocument.FindAll method, selects and copies them.

View Example

RichEditControlActions.cs

richEditControl.Text = "Open any text editor (Notepad, Word) and press the 'Ctrl+V' shortcut, the 'text from RichEditControl' string will be pasted into the editor's document";
DocumentRange[] foundRanges = richEditControl.Document.FindAll("text from RichEditControl", SearchOptions.None);
richEditControl.Document.Selection = foundRanges[0];
richEditControl.Copy();

RichEditControlActions.vb

richEditControl.Text = "Open any text editor (Notepad, Word) and press the 'Ctrl+V' shortcut, the 'text from RichEditControl' string will be pasted into the editor's document"
Dim foundedRanges() As DocumentRange = richEditControl.Document.FindAll("text from RichEditControl", SearchOptions.None)
richEditControl.Document.Selection = foundedRanges(0)
richEditControl.Copy()

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C#

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/CS/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.cs#L542

richEditControl.Document.Selection = foundRanges[0];
richEditControl.Copy();
#endregion #CopySelectedText

VB.NET

winforms-richeditcontrol-common-api/VB/RichEditAPISample/CodeExamples/RichEditControlActions.vb#L552

            richEditControl.Document.Selection = foundedRanges(0)
            richEditControl.Copy()
'            #End Region ' #CopySelectedText