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CLIPREAD - Read Windows Clipboard from DOS
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Version 1.01 - February 20, 1995
Copyright (c) 1994, Brian Sawert
Purpose: CLIPREAD.EXE is a DOS utility that reads text from
the Windows clipboard and prints it to the DOS standard
output. CLIPREAD is run from within a Windows DOS box
or from the Windows command line. The output from
CLIPREAD may be redirected to a file.
Usage: CLIPREAD [/q] [> file]
Options: The /q option suppresses output messages.
Examples: CLIPREAD > CLIP.TXT
copies the contents of the Windows clipboard to the
file CLIP.TXT.
CLIPREAD
prints the contents of the clipboard to the screen.
Notes: CLIPREAD runs from the DOS prompt under Windows 3.0 or
above. Windows must run in 386 Enhanced mode for the
clipboard to be available to DOS programs. Since the
clipboard is shared among other Windows programs, you
may occasionally get a message that the clipboard is not
available.
CLIPREAD reads only text from the clipboard. Binary
data is not supported.
The Windows command line (the Run... option under the
Program Manager File menu) does not support output
redirection. To run CLIPREAD from the command line,
you must invoke the DOS command processor. For
example,
COMMAND /C CLIPREAD > CLIP.TXT
runs COMMAND.COM to properly redirect the output from
CLIPREAD to the file CLIP.TXT. If you run a batch
file containing a CLIPREAD command, you do not need
this special syntax.
CLIPREAD is copyrighted free software. You may use it
and pass it on without charge, but please include the
documentation file if you make copies of the program.
If you find CLIPREAD useful, or have any questions or
suggestions, please feel free to contact the author by
mail or e-mail.
Brian Sawert
1109 S. Plaza Way #427
Flagstaff, AZ 86001
Compuserve: 72027, 2143
Internet: bsawert@primenet.com