Q40110: Copying Text from Display Window to Dialog Window

Article: Q40110
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 2.20   | 2.20
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_basic
Last Modified: 12-JAN-1989

Question:

Is it possible to copy text from the display window down to the dialog
window to use at the command line in Microsoft CodeView?

Response:

Yes, if you have a mouse. You can highlight with the mouse the section
of text you would like to copy and press the INSERT key. The
highlighted text will appear in the dialog box.

This is very useful if you have very long variable names that you want
to watch and don't want to retype the long variable name each time.
Simply type a w? on the command line, then highlight the variable name
with the mouse and press the INSERT key.

Strange behavior can occur if you use the SHIFT key in combination
with the INSERT key. For example, if you use the INSERT key on the
extended keyboard along with the SHIFT key, it works the same as using
INSERT alone. However, if you turn NUM LOCK off on the keypad so you
can you the INSERT key with the SHIFT key, you will get a zero instead
of the string of text. To get the string of text, you have to turn NUM
LOCK on. This seems backwards because with NUM LOCK on you would
expect to get a zero, but you get the text.

The workaround is not to use the SHIFT key in conjunction with the
INSERT key. INSERT alone works correctly.

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