text selection..

[jinDoankz]

hi there..
this my first post in this forum, hope you all can help me :)

here the case:
as the user is typing, i wants to capture the word which has just finished being typed -- as signalled when the user presses the space bar.

i.e:
the user type "thisword " (with space), then my program will capture "thisword"(without space) when the user press the space bar.

i use a rich text box object.

need your suggestion..
thanks

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Write this code in LostFocus event of the RichTextBox:

RTextBox1.Text = Trim(RTextBox1.Text)

Regards
Veena

[jinDoankz]

hi veena, thanks for the help..
but your code is not work and didn't give any result to me.

maybe you isn't too clear with what i want, here i explain a bit better:
i have made a simple text editor using a richtextbox object, i need to capture the word which has just finished being typed when the user presses the space bar.

example:
if i type "wordOne " in the RtextBox, my program will capture "wordOne"and do something with that word. when i continue and type "wordTwo " after the "wordOne" word (it's going to be "wordOne wordTwo "), my program will only capture the "wordTwo" word, and so on.

the points is, how to get 1 word on the cursor left side.

any idea for me?? :)

[QVeen72]

Hi,

Yes, Your problem was not explained clear..
any way Write This Code in KeyPress Event of the RichTextBox:

This code is for TextBox, change it to rich text box..

Private Sub Text1_KeyPress(KeyAscii As Integer)
    Dim i As Long
    Dim NewWord As String
    If KeyAscii = vbKeySpace Then
        NewWord = ""
        If Trim(Text1.text) <> "" Then
            For i = Len(Text1.text) To 1 Step -1
                NewWord = Mid(Text1.text, i)
                If Mid(Text1.text, i, 1) = " " Then
                    Exit For
                End If
            Next
        End If
        Label3.Caption = NewWord
        MsgBox NewWord
    End If
End Sub
 

Regards
Veena

[jinDoankz]

looks like your code will be work :) thanks..

as i read your code, it will return the last word in richtextbox (sory if i'm wrong ;p).

now, how if we want to capture the word based on cursor position.
here the case:

"one two three four five
six seven eight nine
ten(cursor here)"
it will return "ten".

now:
"one two three four five
six seven (cursor here)eight nine
ten"
it will return "seven".

once again:
"one(cursor here) two three four five
six seven eight nine
ten"
it will return "one".

still signalled by presses the space bar.

thanks any way :)

[jinDoankz]

hi veena,

my problem solved now :)
i try to combine your last code with 2 others code
and it's works :D

thanks for the help..