Shoutbox

How about using the Clipboard object? (following code copied directly from the MSDN without testing):

code:

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private function button1_Click(sender : Object, e : System.EventArgs) {
    //Take the selected text from a text box and put it on the clipboard.
    if(textBox1.SelectedText != "")
       Clipboard.SetDataObject(textBox1.SelectedText);
    else
       textBox2.Text = "No text selected in textBox1";
}

private function button2_Click(sender : Object, e : System.EventArgs) {
    //Declare an IDataObject to hold the data returned from the clipboard.
    //Then retrieve the data from the clipboard.
    var iData : IDataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

    //Determine whether the data is in a format you can use.
    if(iData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text)) {
       //Yes it is, so display it in a text box.
       textBox2.Text = String(iData.GetData(DataFormats.Text));
    }
    else {
       //No it is not.
       textBox2.Text = "Could not retrieve data off the clipboard.";
    }
}

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