Newbie copying text off a screen into autoit

[Guest Drache]

I am trying to copy text of an old mainframe system using ctrl c. I then have to switch to the spreadsheet to paste. Is there a way that autoit can copy the text and store it within an array within the script?

Cheers

[DaLiMan]

Maybe something like:

Global $Copy = Send ("^C")

Have not tried it yet...

[pekster]

Is there a way that autoit can copy the text and store it within an array within the script?

I don't know what excatally you'll be using an array for, but once you have the text into a variable you can either put that into an array, or parse the value itself so each character goes into an array element, or whatever. This should get you started:

Send("^c");send the Ctrl-c to copy current selection to the clipboard
$text = ClipGet();get the clipboard text and put it in $text
If @error Then;if this occurs, then the clipboard was empty, or invalid (non-text)
  MsgBox(0, "Error", "Invalid text in the clipboard");let the user know
  Exit;and then exit
EndIf
;otherwise, do something with the $text var here

Variable name in my last comment correct to match the rest of the example code

Edited June 16, 2004 by pekster

[Guest Drache]

Thanks worked a treat