How do you copy highlighted text in another application to the clipboard? Help explain the 2nd answer please

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SendKeys.Send("^c"); //does not work.
SendKeys.Send("^{BREAK}"); //Also does not work.
SetClipboardData(13 or 7, hWnd); //Also does not work.
SendMessage(GetForegroundWindow(), WM_COPY, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); (const int WM_COPY = 0x0300;)
SendCtrlC(GetForegroundWindow()); //from http://stackoverflow.com/a/273163/1386831 fails

all those fail..

What is the alternative to making a call to Clipboard.GetData() when what you're trying to copy is outside of the current application?

With a simple search i've found that: http://stackoverflow.com/a/273163/1386831 — eyossi, Feb 09 '13 at 08:35
ps.RedirectStandardOutput = true; was the output of SendKeys.Send(^{BREAK}); — yumyum, Feb 09 '13 at 08:35
@eyossi that didn't exactly work. SendCtrlC(GetForegroundWindow()); — yumyum, Feb 09 '13 at 08:41

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Feb 10 '13 at 06:14

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Find the window handle of the target control and post a WM_COPY message to it.

answered Feb 10 '13 at 06:14

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you have an example? i've attempted this multiple times. that all caps COPYDATA or whatever struct and the call, I couldn't get it working, PLEASSSSE get me a working sample... kudos :) – yumyum Feb 10 '13 at 06:52
Not WM_COPYDATA, just plain WM_COPY - takes no arguments: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/ms649022(v=vs.85).aspx. Sorry - don't have an example handy. – 500 - Internal Server Error Feb 10 '13 at 07:06
didn't work. const int WM_COPY = 0x0300 SendMessage(nextClipboardAppWindow, WM_COPY, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); – yumyum Feb 10 '13 at 08:10
or SendMessage(GetForegroundWindow(), WM_COPY, IntPtr.Zero, IntPtr.Zero); didn't work also – yumyum Feb 10 '13 at 08:23

How do you copy highlighted text in another application to the clipboard? Help explain the 2nd answer please

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