# Paste Method

> Replaces the selection with Clipboard contents in one format: TX Text Control, RTF, HTML, plain text, image, OLE object or text frame; returns True on success.

- **Product:** TX Text Control ActiveX
- **Section:** Documentation
- **Kind:** Method
- **Path:** TX Text Control ActiveX > API Reference > TXTextControl > Paste Method
- **476 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/paste-method/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/paste-method/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/paste-method/llms-full.txt

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Replaces the current selection in the Text Control with the contents of the Clipboard. Only data provided in the specified format is inserted. This method can be used to change the default behavior, if the clipboard contains the data in more than one format. By default, TXTextControl inserts data from the clipboard in the following order: textframe, formatted image, formatted text (TXTextControl format), formatted text (RTF format), formatted text (HTML format), plain text, image, OLE object.

Introduced: 21.0.

### Syntax

```vbscript
TXTextControl.Paste Format
```

### Parameters

| Parameter | Description |
|---|---|
| Format | Specifies the format to insert. It must be one of the values contained in the array returned through the [ClipboardFormats](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/txtextcontrol/clipboardformats-property/llms-full.txt) property. It can be one of the following Values: |

#### Format

| Value | Description |
|---|---|
| TXTextControlFormat (2) | Specifies formatted text in the internal TX Text Control format. |
| RichTextFormat (3) | Specifies RTF format (Rich Text Format). |
| Image (4) | Specifies an image. An image can be pasted, if it is a device dependent or a device independent bitmap, a TIFF image or a Windows metafile. |
| PlainText (5) | Specifies unformatted text. |
| OLEObject (6) | Specifies an OLE object. |
| TXTextControlTextframe (7) | Specifies a TX Text Control textframe including its contents. The clipboard contains also information about how the textframe is positioned in the document (inline or geometrically positioned). |
| TXTextControlImage (8) | Specifies an image including information about how the image is positioned in the document (inline or geometrically positioned). |
| HTMLFormat (9) | Specifies HTML format (Hypertext Markup Language). |

### Return Value

The return value is true, if something has been pasted. Otherwise, it is false.

### Data Types

| Name | Data type |
|---|---|
| Format | Integer |
| Return value | Boolean |

### See Also

- [Programming Category: Control Settings](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-activex/reference/categories/control-settings/llms-full.txt)

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