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To programmatically copy text from the WebBrowser control you can use its ExecWB method, to which you must pass the OLECMDID_COPY constant as its first argument. WebBrowser1.ExecWB OLECMDID_COPY, OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT You can also select the entire WebBrowser's contents by invoking the ExecWB method with the OLECMDID_SELECTALL constant. For example, you can quickly copy the textual contents of the WebBrowser control (that is, plain text instead of HTML text) with the following statements: Click here to copy the following block ' select the entire document WebBrowser1.ExecWB OLECMDID_SELECTALL, OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT ' copy the text to Clipboard WebBrowser1.ExecWB OLECMDID_COPY, OLECMDEXECOPT_DODEFAULT ' clear the selection WebBrowser1.ExecWB OLECMDID_CLEARSELECTION, OLECMDEXECOPT_DONTPROMPTUSER

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