THa Copy

What is Tha Copy?

screenshot of Tha Copy

Everyone knows the copy/cut/past functionality in Windows: you can cut or copy a certain text and paste it somewhere else.

I thought it would be nice to be able to perform copy & paste operations over your LAN network. This is what Tha copy does: it allows you to cut or copy some text on one computer, and paste it on another computer.

Tha Copy only can handle text messages: Other types of contents are ignored.

I don't expect many people need a software like this. But I have known some situations where it was very useful. I wrote this software when I was still in school.

Mechanism

Tha Copy is a server/client application which needs to be installed on both computers. The first instance will act as a server, the other will act as a client.

First of all you need to establish a connection between client and server. This is done with the use of the TCP/IP protocol so the client need to know the IP address of the server.

Once the connection is made the server will start scanning the clipboard every second. If the server detects a change of the clipboard - the memory place where the cut/copied text is stored - it will send the information to the client instance. This client will then put the same information on its own clipboard.

Using the software

If you want to share your clipboard with another computer you have to start Tha Copy and check the "Listen for connection" checkbox. This instance will now act as the server. The computer you want to share your clipboard with must also start Tha Copy. Once started he has to press "Connect". Here you must enter the IP address of the server. For your convenience this address can be seen in the server instance (i.e. 192.168.2.1).

Once the client has entered the IP address a connection will be made. Now the server starts checking the contents of the clipboard every second. As soon as its clipboard changes the contents will be sent towards the client.

You can do an easy test to see if it works: run two instances of Tha Copy as described above. Make one instance server and create a connection between the two. Now open the program Notepad.exe on each computer. Type something on the computer that holds the server and select the text. Now copy the test by using the CTRL+C shortcut. After a few seconds you can paste the same text in the Notepad window of the other computer (CTRL+V).

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Developed in:	Visual Basic 5.0 Professional
Download type:	Zipped Setup
License:	Freeware
Size:	233 kB
Source code:	not available
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