Wait until user past

[ViliamJobko]

Hello,

is there any way to make my script wait until user paste the content of clip? (We can assume that Clip contains string).

My ideas of solving this problem was:

1. HotKeySet("!v") - this works just for CTRL+V key; does not work for Right Click --> Paste.

2. WinWait("", ClipGet()) - does not work for many programs including MS Word or Firefox.

Thanks in advance.

[Xenobiologist]

Hmmh, I do not know how to achieve that.

You can hook the keyboard change to notice a change in there but hooking the paste of clipboard. Sorry.

[Blue_Drache]

What are you trying to sniff out? A password? I know some users type complicated passwords plaintext in a field like word or the run-box. Then scoop it into the clipboard and paste it into a password field. (I do, so why shouldn't others?) I realize this is bad form, but that'd be really the only reason one would want to sniff the clipboard, that I can think of.

Edited January 11, 2012 by Blue_Drache

[Mikeman27294]

Yes you can - Like so:

HotKeySet("^v", "_Paste")
Func _Paste()
    Send("+{INS}");Same as CTRL+V
    ;THE USER HAS NOW PASTED. RUN THE FUNCTION YOU NEEDED HERE OR DO WHATEVER YOU NEEDED.
EndFunc

And dont be foled by the syntax highlighting above. Paste it into scite and you will see the the endfunc is not part of the 1 line comment.

Also, this doesn't work if the user used shift insert to paste, or if they used right click and paste.

Edited January 11, 2012 by Mikeman27294

[Xenobiologist]

Yes you can - Like so:

HotKeySet("^v", "_Paste")
Func _Paste()
    Send("+{INS});Same as CTRL+V
    ;THE USER HAS NOW PASTED. RUN THE FUNCTION YOU NEEDED HERE OR DO WHATEVER YOU NEEDED.
EndFunc

And dont be foled by the syntax highlighting above. Paste it into scite and you will see the the endfunc is not part of the 1 line comment.

That won't help if you use right mouse --> paste.

[Mikeman27294]

So I edited into my post about the time you posted. It will help for Ctrl+V though so atleast it is something. I dont presume that windows would create a message when that happens either though.

[BrewManNH]

BTW, you're missing a quotation mark in the Send command, that's why everything looks like a comment/string in the posted code.

[Mikeman27294]

True... I thought it was an error with the comment not having any other cod before it. Thanks.

[ViliamJobko]

What are you trying to sniff out? A password? I know some users type complicated passwords plaintext in a field like word or the run-box. Then scoop it into the clipboard and paste it into a password field. (I do, so why shouldn't others?) I realize this is bad form, but that'd be really the only reason one would want to sniff the clipboard, that I can think of.

No, there are more effective ways doing what you described (Saving content of clip which is shorter than 12 characters; using keylogger etc.).

Thanks Mikeman27294 and others, but I have tried HotKeySet() before.

Isn't there some way how Windows can notify another software about Clip pasting? Maybe some DLL?