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Click here to copy the following block ' Copy the RichTextBox's selected text into the Clipboard ' Example: CopyFromRichTextBox (richTextBox1) Public Sub CopyFromRichTextBox(ByVal rtb As RichTextBox, _   Optional ByVal availableAfterEnd As Boolean = False)   Dim data As New DataObject()   ' get the selected RTF text if there is a selection,   ' or the entire text is no text is selected   Dim rtfText, plainText As String   If rtb.SelectionLength > 0 Then     rtfText = rtb.SelectedRtf     plainText = rtb.SelectedText   Else     rtfText = rtb.Rtf     plainText = rtb.Text   End If   ' do the copy only if there is something to be copied   If rtfText.Length > 0 Then data.SetData(DataFormats.Rtf, rtfText)   If plainText.Length > 0 Then data.SetData(DataFormats.Text, plainText)   ' finally copy into the clipboard   Clipboard.SetDataObject(data, availableAfterEnd) End Sub

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