How to assign clipboard text to variable using clipget example?

[xuzo]

How to assign clipboard text to variable using clipget example?

I've looked at the help files on this but I simply lack the basic, basic skills and syntax to make it work.

Here is my code.

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("This is text that I will copy, once copied I want to save it to clipboard and then assign a variable to fetch it later as paste variable")
Send("{CTRLDOWN}a{CTRLUP}{CTRLDOWN}c{CTRLUP}{down}")
;Ok this is where I would like to assign the clipboard text to a variable, I think this is the getclip part?
Send(@LF)
Send(@LF)
;I would like the data to be pasted from a variable that was created from copied text to clipboard previously
Send("$var text from clipboard")

Thanks

[Venix]

I'm afraid I don't completely understand what you are after but if you want to take the text from the clipboard and place it into a variable then try this.

$Var = ClipGet()

[xuzo]

I simply want to copy text, save the clipboard to variable and then send variable, all on the same file for a test.

Here is my attempt:

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("This is text that I will copy")
Send("{CTRLDOWN}a{CTRLUP}{CTRLDOWN}c{CTRLUP}{down}")
$Var = ClipGet()
Send(@LF)
Send("$Var")
Send(@LF)
Send("ClipGet")

If you see the result the copied text doesn't get pasted...

I just don't know how to set up the ClipGet code to variable.

[Venix]

To my understanding you want something like this?

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("Some Text That You Want To Copy") ; Send some text to notepad.
ClipPut(WinGetText("Untitled - Notepad")) ; Use WinGetText function along with ClipPut to insert notepad text into clipboard.
Send (@LF)
Send (@LF)
Send("Your Text Copied From Notepad: " & ClipGet()) ; Use ClipGet to retreive the text from the clipboard.

[BrewManNH]

Try changing one of the Sends to this

Send($Var)

You had the variable inside quotes, that won't send its contents, just its name

[xuzo]

Hi BrewMan,

Bingo! Yes that is what I was trying to do!

1. Copy the text

2. Put the text into a variable fetched from the clipboard

3. Send the variable

or

a. Send("{CTRLDOWN}a{CTRLUP}{CTRLDOWN}c{CTRLUP}{down}")

b. $Var = ClipGet()

c. Send($Var)

Thanks for trying also Venix

Here is the example for total rookies like me if this question comes up again in the future:

Run("notepad.exe")
WinWaitActive("Untitled - Notepad")
Send("This text is getting copied")
Send("{CTRLDOWN}a{CTRLUP}{CTRLDOWN}c{CTRLUP}{down}")
$variable_fromclipboard = ClipGet()
Send(@LF)
Send(@LF)
Send($variable_fromclipboard)
MsgBox(0, "The text was pasted ok", "Yep can see it")

Edited June 28, 2012 by xuzo

[BrewManNH]

BTW, using Send("^a^c") should work in place of all the controldown/ups you have now.