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The Multiple Copy-and-Paste Buffers

CodeSMART extends the standard Clipboard with 10 additional copy-and-paste persistent buffers. These buffers can be filled with any piece of Visual Basic code and their contents can be pasted into any Visual Basic code window by using a simple shortcut key system.

Multiple copy-and-paste buffer functions

To copy a piece of code into a persistent buffers:

Select in the active code pane the piece of code you want to copy.
Press Ctrl+Shift+Key where Key stands for any numeric key (those found below the functional keys) in the 0-9 range in order place the selected code into the corresponding buffer.

To paste a piece of code from a persistent buffer into the active code pane:

Press Ctrl+Key where Key stands for any numeric key (those found below the functional keys) in the 0-9 range in order to paste the contents of the corresponding buffer.

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Select the corresponding entry in the Buffers popup found on the Code Edit Tools toolbar.

Notes

After the paste operation the previous code selection is replaced with the buffer contents.
The Buffer popup entries, in the Code Edit Tools toolbar, display only the first 60 characters of the corresponding buffer contents.

Viewing the current buffers contents

You can view the contents of the additional copy-and-paste buffers at any time in the Multiple Copy-and-Paste Buffers dialog which is activated by clicking on the Show the Multiple Copy-and-Paste Buffers entry found in the CodeSMART main menu. Use the Clear All button to clear the buffers' contents.

Additionally you can view all 10 buffers displayed as special items inside a dedicated folder in the Library Manager.

See Also

Extended Clipboard Overview

The SMART Copy and Paste