You can directly transfer text between an edit control object and the Windows Clipboard using TEdit member functions.

You probably want to give users access to these member functions by giving your window an Edit menu.

Edit control objects have built-in responses to menu items like Edit|Copy and Edit|Undo. TEdit has command response member functions, such as CmEditCopy and CmEditUndo, which ObjectWindows invokes in response to users choosing items from the parent window's Edit menu.

The following table shows the Clipboard and editing member functions and the menu commands that invoke them:

TEdit member functions and Edit menu commands

Member function	Menu command	Description
TEdit::Copy	CM_EDITCOPY	Copy text to Clipboard.
TEdit::Cut	CM_EDITCUT	Cut text to Clipboard.
TEdit::Undo	CM_EDITUNDO	Undo last edit.
TEdit::Paste	CM_EDITPASTE	Paste text from Clipboard.
TEdit::DeleteSelection	CM_EDITDELETE	Delete selected text.
TEdit::Clear	CM_EDITCLEAR	Clear entire edit control.

To add an editing menu to a window that contains edit control objects, define a menu resource for the window using the menu commands listed above. You do not need to write any new member functions.

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