Copy a listbox contents to clipboard

[KarveR]

Hi all, thanks for reading.

Could anyone enlighten me on how to copy a listbox contents to clipboard please?

Porbably blindingly basic but for someone on their first app, its a tad puzzling.

Thanks in advance,

Karv.

PS I've rummaged aroun msdn, doc, csharpcorner and other places, and have gotten as far as

Clipboard.SetDataObject(**but what goes in here omg Im such a noob**);

Is there anywhere I can read on some more of this.

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[VBslammer]

Fire up the Visual Studio.Net Documentation and search for "Clipboard" - there's plenty to read. Here's a snippet:

Remarks
If the copy parameter is false, the data will be deleted from system Clipboard when the application exits.

Example
The following method is run in an application. It places a persistent copy of the selected text data in the text box on the system Clipboard. This code assumes button1, textBox1, and textBox2 have been instantiated and placed on a form.

[C#] 
private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e) {
    // Takes the selected text from a text box and puts it on the clipboard.
    if(textBox1.SelectedText != "")
       Clipboard.SetDataObject(textBox1.SelectedText, true);
    else
       textBox2.Text = "No text selected in textBox1";
 }

In a different application, the following method retrieves the text from the system Clipboard, and pastes the text into textBox2. This code assumes button2 and textBox2 have been instantiated and placed on a form.

[Visual Basic]
Private Sub button2_Click(sender As Object, e As System.EventArgs)
    ' Declares an IDataObject to hold the data returned from the clipboard.
    ' Retrieves the data from the clipboard.
    Dim iData As IDataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject()
    
    ' Determines whether the data is in a format you can use.
    If iData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text) Then
        ' Yes it is, so display it in a text box.
        textBox2.Text = CType(iData.GetData(DataFormats.Text), String)
    Else
        ' No it is not.
        textBox2.Text = "Could not retrieve data off the clipboard."
    End If
End Sub 'button2_Click

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[KarveR]

Sorry. my bad.
I should have been a little more specific.
Clipboard.SetDataObject(obj.Text, true); gives me the last selected line.

Clipboard.SetDataObject(obj.Items[x],true); gives me a specific line regardless if its selected, but my question should have been, how do I copy *all* lines to the clipboard.
Is there some mysterious voodoo for SelectAll on ListBoxes, or will I have to go Loopy.

Thanks.


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There's no present like the time, they say. - Henry's Cat.