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I have a situation where I need to change the standard popup menu items/actions for cut/copy/paste. Complicated, but basically, the local clipboard isn't available, so I need to somehow mimic the right click popup menu. I figured the best ways to do that would be to somehow override the actions themselves. Anyone have a good, clear idea about how to go about that?

Ken White
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    This sounds like an [XY Problem](https://meta.stackexchange.com/questions/66377/). The menu items in question are implemented by the OS itself, not by the VCL. The only way to change them is to replace the entire popup menu with a custom one, ie by assigning a `TPopupMenu` to a control's `PopupMenu` property. But, if the clipboard is not available (why?), I would expect the OS to omit/disable those standard actions from the default menu. Can you explain your actual situation better? Perhaps provide an actual example of what you are trying to achieve? – Remy Lebeau Jul 25 '22 at 23:45
  • I am using CybeleSoft VirtualUI to deploy my desktop application to the cloud. The clipboard on that is a bit 'weird', where the clipboard is a 'remote' clipboad, vs a 'local' clipboard. Ctrl keys (ctrl-c, ctrl-v) still work correctly, but the right click popup does not. 'paste' is disabled, and the other editing functions don't work. – Connie McBride Jul 26 '22 at 15:12

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