Get Clipboard Action

Get Clipboard Action

Declaration

<AMCLIPBOARDGET RESULTVARIABLE="text">

See Also

Cut, Copy, Paste, Clear, Set Clipboard

Description

Retrieves the current contents of the clipboard as text and places it in an AutoMate variable.

Practical Usage

This is a common method used in automation tasks to retrieve data from an application if it does not provide it any other way (such as OLE, DDE, or other means).

Parameters

Variable
Variable Name, Optional - default (empty)
MARKUP: RESULTVARIABLE="variablename"

Specifies the name of the AutoMate variable in which to place the clipboard data.

Notes

Standard Error Handling Options
This action also includes the standard "Error Causes" and "On Error" failure handling options/tabs

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Variables and Expressions
All text fields allow the use of expressions by surrounding the expression in percentage signs (example: %MYVARIABLE%, %Left('Text',2)%). To help construct these expressions, a popup expression builder is available in all these fields by pressing F2.
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Example

<AMCLIPBOARDGET RESULTVARIABLE="VARNAME">