Clipboard & variables

Automise Discussion
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Hi all,

Apologies if this has been asked in this forum already, but I keep getting error messages when I try to search the forum. How do I set a variable to the value in the clipboard?

Any help?

Thanks!

Keith

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 Hi Keith,

We don't have an in-built action for assigning the text on the clipboard to a variable, but you can use the 'Run Script' action to run the following script:

[code]ClipboardText = GetClipBoardText();[/code]

Where 'ClipboardText' is the name of the Automise variable to put the text into. I've attached an example project which demonstrates this.

Regards,
Paul.

GetClipboardText.atz3 (1.64 KB)
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Thanks very much! Ive inserted a Run Script form, and pasted in…

Outcome1 = GetClipBoardText();

…into the OnExecute tab. I get an Unexpected end of statement error.

I notice in your example job your OnExecute tab has { and } characters, whereas mine does not. What have I missed?

Thanks!

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Ignore that! I just removed the semi-colon, thanks