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Hi there

I am a newbie ,So I guess my problem is simple. all i want to do is copy a text and paste it. the thing is that it is not working for me unless the text i am trying to copy is lying on my IE explorer or firefox window ( copy from PDF & WORD doesn't work)
here is my script:

^+c::
{
Send, ^c
Sleep 50
run notepad.exe
Sleep 5000
Send, ^v
return
}

It seems the problem is with the copy command as the text isn't loaded to the clipboard (and to the notepad in consequence) .
I've tried to change the sleep time, well...

thanks for you help

Morning,

You could try replacing the Sleep command after th ^c with a ClipWait as this will specifically wait until the clipboard contains data rather than just pausing.

thanks.. but it doesn't solved
I 've read the manual for clipwait command, and runned the following scipt which I have copied from the manual. as befoe, it works only when I copy from the explorer or firefox window. otherwise I get the failing message
cherish any help


^+c::
clipboard = ; Empty the clipboard
Send, ^c
ClipWait, 2
if ErrorLevel
{
MsgBox, The attempt to copy text onto the clipboard failed.
return
}
MsgBox, clipboard = %clipboard%
return

I tested the code you gave, it seems to work fine.

However as a side note, a while back when i was working on large quantities of text, 2 seconds may not have been enough. Try upping it to say 5-6 seconds, or even take the limit off.

By large quantities of text, i was meaning 300k+ for experimentation. I am not entirely sure why the delay was no longer enough.

Try

Send, {CtrlDown}c{CtrlUp}

instead of ^c?