James Greene
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CBText: Reduces the Windows Clipboard contents to Plain Text
Version 4.0.050 - 19. April 2006
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Copyright © 2001-2006
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What is CBText?
CBText is a utility for Windows 9x/Me/NT/2000/XP that will reduce the contents of the Windows Clipboard to plain text (if possible).
Why CBText?
Many Windows applications place formated text in the Clipboard, while all you wanted was the plain text. When pasting the clipboard contents into another application, you either have to use the "Paste Special..." command, or reformat the text again. With CBText, a simple double-click on the taskbar symbol will reduce the clipboard contents to plain text, so that the Paste command will paste the text only.
Installing CBText
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Download the cbtext40.msi file from
http://www.informatics-consulting.ch/software/cbtext40.msi
(Switzerland) or
http://www.informatics-consulting.ch/software/cbtext40.msi (Germany)
and store it into a temporary directory, e.g. C:\TEMP
- Double-click on the cbtext40.msi file to install CBText.
Using CBText
Start CBText ( Start | All Programs | Greene Informatics Consulting | CBText 4.0 ).
The unregistered shareware version will display the reminder screen (see below). If you agree with the conditions, just press the Yes, I Agree button to open the main screen. Then select the command Goto Tray to hide the main window.
When you have placed some information in the clipboard, and would like to remove any formatting from the text, just double-click on the CBText symbol in the system tray (next to the clock).
If you right-click on the CBText tray symbol, there are several options available on the pop-up menu, including:
- Reduce to Text
- Empty Clipboard
- Open Main Window
- About CBText
- Exit
Options available when CBText is registered:
- The reminder screen is replaced with an "splash" window that closes automatically after a few seconds.
- There is an option to have CBText start automatically when Windows starts.
- There is an option to have CBText start minimised.
- There is an option to have CBText convert the clipboard contents automatically whenever text is copied.
- You will receive an alternative version that is only 96KB large (you must have MFC71.DLL installed on your computer - most people do!)
ScreenShot
I copied some text from a MS Word document ... |
...then pressed the Reduce to Text button. |
Known Issues and Limitations
If the clipboard contains an image another non-text format, the Reduce to Text option is disabled. The only thing that CBText can do is empty the Clipboard.
Support
CBText v4.0.050 - 19. April 2006
Copyright © 2001-2006 by James Greene
CBText comes with NO WARRANTY to the extent permitted by law.
Please report any bugs to .
Version Information
v4.0.050 - 18 April 2006
- Fixed an issue that caused an error message to be displayed when the user expected help (by pressing F1).
- Changed the behavior of the Exit CBText command. A new (more Windows-like) dialog is displayed to select if the application should minimize or exit.
- Major update of the View functionality.
- View: Graphic contents are now shown as images.
- View: New option Save As... to save the contents of the view window (text only).
- View: New option Show Nulls to replace NULL values with a dot (so that the text isn't trucated at the first null).
- Cosmetic changes (all links point to my .ch domain instead of the .de domain)
- Help text updated and expanded.
- Installation is now a Windows Installer (.MSI) file instead of a .EXE file.
Version 3.0.044 - 8. April 2004
- Added an option to hide the Splash screen when CBText has been registered.
- All program options are now set through the new Options dialog window instead of individual menu items.
- Added options to the View window to allow the text to be displayed in hexidecimal, as plain text or unicode text.
- CBText's help is now delivered as a CHM (compiled HTML) file, instead of a HLP (Windows Help) format.
Version 2.1.040 - 29. March 2004
- Added the "Keep UNICODE" option, available only when CBText is registered, to convert to UNICODE text instead of plain (single-byte) text.
Version 2.0.036 - 12. January 2003
- Major update! Added numerous commands, including: automatic conversion, undo, convert to upper-/lowercase, help, etc.
Version 1.1.018 - 4. May 2001
- Mostly cosmetic improvements.
- Corrected a minor problem in the registration code interpreter.
Version 1.1.015 - 29. April 2001
- Initial Shareware release.
Credits
- CBText was developed in C++, and compiled with Microsoft Visual C++.
- The CBText installation program was developed with WiX.
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