Clipboard

[MasonMill]

Can i copy using ctrl-a / ctrl-c then put that into a clipboard within autoit? I first started using text files to transfer text but then read about autoits clipboard function. My first script looked like this:

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CopyText()

;error 3 open failed
;error 4 read failed
Func CopyText()      
    ToolTip("Copying now", $tooltipX, $tooltipY)
    While 1
                mouseclick("left", 20, 300)
        Sleep(3000)
        Send("^a")
        sleep(1000)
        Send("^c")
        const $IniFile = "options.ini"
        Dim $TXTScanFileName = @ScriptDir & "\Read.txt"
        Dim $newTXTScanFileName = @ScriptDir & "\temp.txt"
        local $tempFile = _FileCreate($newTXTScanFileName)

        local $fHandle = FileOpen($TXTScanFileName)
        if @error Then ;$fHandle = -1
            consolewrite("open fail" & @CRLF)
            return seterror(3, 0, 0)
        endif

            sleep(100)

        local $fText = fileread($fHandle)
        if @Error Then
            consolewrite("read fail" & @CRLF)
            FileClose($fHandle)
            return seterror(4, 0, 0)
        endif

        FileClose($fHandle)
        FileWrite ($newTXTScanFileName, $ftext)

        $deleted = FileDelete($newTXTScanFileName)
        if $deleted = 0 Then
            consolewrite("delete fail" & @CRLF)
            FileClose($fHandle)
            return seterror(4, 0, 0)
        endif


    WEnd
EndFunc

but then i found this:

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Func _Main()
    Local $hGUI, $iFormat, $iCount

    ; Create GUI
    $hGUI = GUICreate("Clipboard", 600, 400)
    $iMemo = GUICtrlCreateEdit("", 2, 2, 596, 396, $WS_HSCROLL)
    GUICtrlSetFont($iMemo, 9, 400, 0, "Courier New")
    GUISetState()

    ; Open the clipboard
    If Not _ClipBoard_Open ($hGUI) Then _WinAPI_ShowError ("_ClipBoard_Open failed")

    ; Show clipboard formats available
    MemoWrite("Clipboard formats ..: " & _ClipBoard_CountFormats ())

    ; Enumerate clipboard formats
    Do
        $iFormat = _ClipBoard_EnumFormats ($iFormat)
        If $iFormat <> 0 Then
            $iCount += 1
            MemoWrite("Clipboard format " & $iCount & " .: " & _ClipBoard_FormatStr ($iFormat))
        EndIf
    Until $iFormat = 0

    ; Close the clipboard
    _ClipBoard_Close ()

    ; Loop until user exits
    Do
    Until GUIGetMsg() = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE

EndFunc   ;==>_Main

; Write message to memo
Func MemoWrite($sMessage = "")
    GUICtrlSetData($iMemo, $sMessage & @CRLF, 1)
EndFunc   ;==>MemoWrite

So is there a way to convert the ctrl-a / ctrl-c to the clipboard without using the text files?

[Varian]

What Window Text are you using the Mouse Clicks for? Can you not do a ControlGetText() with ClipPut() and write to file with ClipGet?