copying text from message box

[Nick Cumberbatch]

Does anyone know how I can copy the text in a message box. This could be
necessary if I get an error message and would like to report it verbatim to
get assistance.

[Walter Clayton]

Just hit ctrl-c then you can paste it. Note that the machine will beep when
you hit ctrl-c making you think the copy failed, but it does actually work.

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"Nick Cumberbatch" > wrote in message
...
> Does anyone know how I can copy the text in a message box. This could be
> necessary if I get an error message and would like to report it verbatim
to
> get assistance.
>
>
>

[Rob Schneider]

Nick Cumberbatch wrote:

> Does anyone know how I can copy the text in a message box. This could be
> necessary if I get an error message and would like to report it verbatim to
> get assistance.
>
>
>

Normally you can simply "swipe" the text with the cursor while holding
the right mouse button down. This will select the text (unless the
programmer did something to dialog box which prevents this ... rare but
can happen), then press CTRL-C to copy to Clipboard, then in email or
wherever, CTRL-V to paste.

The other thing I do is ALT-PrtScn the message box and paste into a word
pad document and email the document ... along withe some notes in the
doc describing the situation, what recently changed, etc. etc.

[Jasdev Dhaliwal]

Hi Nick,

I tend to find the "ALT-Print Screen" method the best.
Its fast and you can paste directly into paint, or other
graphics package

Cheers

Jas




>-----Original Message-----
>Nick Cumberbatch wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know how I can copy the text in a message
box. This could be
>> necessary if I get an error message and would like to
report it verbatim to
>> get assistance.
>>
>>
>>
>
>Normally you can simply "swipe" the text with the cursor
while holding
>the right mouse button down. This will select the text
(unless the
>programmer did something to dialog box which prevents
this ... rare but
>can happen), then press CTRL-C to copy to Clipboard,
then in email or
>wherever, CTRL-V to paste.
>
>The other thing I do is ALT-PrtScn the message box and
paste into a word
>pad document and email the document ... along withe some
notes in the
>doc describing the situation, what recently changed,
etc. etc.
>
>.
>

[Nick Cumberbatch]

THANKS ALL

"Jasdev Dhaliwal" > wrote in message
...
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> I tend to find the "ALT-Print Screen" method the best.
> Its fast and you can paste directly into paint, or other
> graphics package
>
> Cheers
>
> Jas
>
>
>
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Nick Cumberbatch wrote:
> >
> >> Does anyone know how I can copy the text in a message
> box. This could be
> >> necessary if I get an error message and would like to
> report it verbatim to
> >> get assistance.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Normally you can simply "swipe" the text with the cursor
> while holding
> >the right mouse button down. This will select the text
> (unless the
> >programmer did something to dialog box which prevents
> this ... rare but
> >can happen), then press CTRL-C to copy to Clipboard,
> then in email or
> >wherever, CTRL-V to paste.
> >
> >The other thing I do is ALT-PrtScn the message box and
> paste into a word
> >pad document and email the document ... along withe some
> notes in the
> >doc describing the situation, what recently changed,
> etc. etc.
> >
> >.
> >