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Hi,

I'm very new to Autoit and I regret asking a such certainly simple question.

But as after a long research I didn't find an answer to my question I decided to ask it here in the forum.

What I would like to know is if it is possible to store sevaral values parallelly in the clipboard as one can do with arrays.

Array example:

Dim $Array[3]

$Array[0] = 100

$Array[1] = 200

$Array[2] = 200

Can the clipboard be used that way as well?

Kaba

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I am using code like this to copy to the clipboard several, actually 3, times. I think this is what you want, maybe this'll help.

For $n = 0 To 2
    While 1
        Switch $n
            Case 0
                ToolTip(" Copy the Username ")
                If ClipGet() <> "" Then
                    $ClipVar[0] = ClipGet()
                    ClipPut("")
                    ExitLoop ; from the While, to the Next $n
                EndIf
            Case 1
                ToolTip(" Copy the Email address ")
                If ClipGet() <> "" Then
                    $ClipVar[1] = ClipGet()
                    ClipPut("")
                    ExitLoop ; from the While, to the Next $n
                EndIf
            Case 2
                ToolTip(" Copy the IP ")
                If ClipGet() <> "" Then
                    $ClipVar[2] = ClipGet()
                    ClipPut("")
                    ExitLoop ; from the While, to the Next $n
                EndIf
        EndSwitch
        Sleep(50)
    WEnd
Next

- Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */  If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

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Hi Bruce thank you very much for your quick reply.

Hm, actually what I would like to use the cipboard for is to share information between two different applications.

That means that I would like to make application A read a clipboard "array" filled with information by application B. At the same time I would like to let to application B the possibility to put information to the clipboard without overwriting the information from application B.

Kind of as if evey application has its own channel that is read by the other one.

Sorry, I should have been more precise in my initial post.

Kaba

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After I ClipGet() to (in my case) three distinct variables, then I ControlSend() those variables into another app. I'm certain what you're trying to accomplish can be done, I am having some difficulty seeing your picture though.

- Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */  If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

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Yes, an example will make it more clear.

I'm trying to figure out the best way to trigger from application A an action in application B.

My trigger:

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "MyExit")
;;TRIGGER
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
 
$GUI = GUICreate("Trigger", 250, 200)
$ButtonTrigger  = GUICtrlCreateButton("Trigger Job", 10, 10, 150)
 
$Radio1 = GUICtrlCreateRadio ( "Feed your hamster.", 25, 50, 150 )
$Radio2 = GUICtrlCreateRadio ( "Help an old lady.", 25, 90, 150 )
$Radio3 = GUICtrlCreateRadio ( "Clean the cat litter pin.", 25, 130, 150 )
GUICtrlSetState($radio2, $GUI_CHECKED)
$Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Jobs to do: ",10,200,500)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
$TaskNb = 1
$Line = 1
IniWrite("Trigger.ini","Tasks",  "ToDo", "0")
While 1
$Msg = GUIGetMsg()
Select
  Case $Msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
   IniWrite("Trigger.ini","Tasks",  "ToDo", "0")
   IniWrite("Trigger.ini","Tasks",  "Done", "0")
   IniDelete("Jobs.ini", "Job")
   Exit
  Case $Msg = $ButtonTrigger
   WriteIniTaskNb()
   WriteIniJob()
   $ReadIniTodo = IniRead("Trigger.ini", "Tasks",  "ToDo", "")
   guictrlsetdata($Label, "Jobs to do: " & $ReadIniTodo)
 
EndSelect
WEnd
 
Func WriteIniTaskNb()
IniWrite("Trigger.ini","Tasks",  "ToDo", $TaskNb)
$TaskNb = $TaskNb + 1
EndFunc
Func WriteIniJob()
$Job1 = GUICtrlRead($radio1)
$Job2 = GUICtrlRead($radio2)
$Job3 = GUICtrlRead($radio3)
If $Job1 = $GUI_CHECKED Then
  IniWrite("Jobs.ini", "Job",  $Line, "Feed your hamster.")
ElseIf $Job2 = $GUI_CHECKED Then
  IniWrite("Jobs.ini", "Job",  $Line, "Help an old lady.")
ElseIf $Job3 = $GUI_CHECKED Then
  IniWrite("Jobs.ini", "Job",  $Line, "Clean the cat litter pin.")
EndIf
$Line = $Line + 1
EndFunc
 
Func MyExit()
    Exit
EndFunc

and my Executor:

HotKeySet("{ESC}", "MyExit")
;;EXECUTOR
#include <GUIConstantsEx.au3>
#include <WindowsConstants.au3>
 
$GUI = GUICreate("Executor", 370, 150)
$Label = GUICtrlCreateLabel("Jobs to do: " & "   Jobs done: ",10,10,350)
GUISetState(@SW_SHOW)
 
While 1
  $Msg = GUIGetMsg()
  Select
   Case $Msg = $GUI_EVENT_CLOSE
    Exit
  EndSelect
  $ReadIniTodo = IniRead("Trigger.ini", "Tasks",  "ToDo", "")
  $ReadIniDone = IniRead("Trigger.ini", "Tasks",  "Done", "")
  $Done = $ReadIniDone
  $Todo = $ReadIniTodo
  guictrlsetdata($Label, "Jobs to do: " & $ReadIniTodo & "   Jobs done: " & $ReadIniDone)
  If $Done < $ReadIniTodo Then
   While $Done < $ReadIniTodo
    $ReadIniTodo = IniRead("Trigger.ini", "Tasks",  "ToDo", "")
    $ReadIniDone = IniRead("Trigger.ini", "Tasks",  "Done", "")
    guictrlsetdata($Label, "Jobs to do: " & $ReadIniTodo & "     Jobs done: "&$ReadIniDone)
    $Line = $ReadIniDone + 1
    $Job = IniRead("Jobs.ini", "Job",  $Line, "")
    MsgBox(262144,"Doing job","I'm doing job " & $Line & " = "& $Job)
    $Done = $Done +1
    IniWrite("Trigger.ini","Tasks",  "Done", $Done)
   WEnd
  EndIf
sleep(200)
WEnd
 
Func WriteIni()
IniWrite("Trigger.ini","Tasks",  "ToDo", $TaskNb)
$TaskNb = $TaskNb + 1
EndFunc
 
Func MyExit()
    Exit
EndFunc

At the moment I'm using Ini files in order to send the jobs from application A to B.

But this seems to be at bit risky to me.

That's why I would like to use the clipboard but without the risk that is could be overwritten by an othher application in the meantime.

Kaba

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Oh, the picture becomes fuzzier.. I think I misunderstood your intended objective here. See, I use my code to manually copy to the clibboard three different pieces of information from one app and paste it all into another app. Technically, I use ControlSend, not ClipPut(), so I'm not really 'pasting', I'm just using that word. But I can do this all at once, without having to switch back and forth three times. Try searching thru the forums, with 'pass information' as keywords. Also, using the Command Line parameters comes to mind as a way to pass information from one app to another.

- Bruce /*somdcomputerguy */  If you change the way you look at things, the things you look at change.

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