TEdit - copy to clipboard

[Nicole]

edit1.CopyToClipboard

works and copies "edit1"

what I want is to copy is the text of the edit =
"edit1.Caption"

but
edit1.caption.CopyToClipboard
does not work.

What is the shortest way to copy the text of an edit to the Clipboard

[dseligo]

I use (I don't know what Edit1.Caption is):

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1. Clipboard.AsText := Edit1.Text;

[Ally]

Or like this:

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1.   Edit1.SelectAll;
2.   Edit1.CopyToClipboard;

[rvk]

What is TEdit.Caption?
Why is there a Catpion for the TEdit and why are you using that.
For the content of a TEdit you should use TEdit.Text (not Caption).

TEdit doesn't have a caption (which I assume could be confused with a connected label).

TEdit.CopyToClipBoard is implemented like this:

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1.   if (ACustomEdit.EchoMode = emNormal) and (ACustomEdit.SelLength > 0) then
2.     Clipboard.AsText := ACustomEdit.SelText;

So it actually only copies selected text. I'm not sure why.
So either do Edit1.SelectAll directly in front of Edit1.CopyToClipBoard or folow the suggestion of dseligo.
(Ah, Ally beat me to it )