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caveatrob
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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 Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 10:46 pm Post subject: Preserving old clipboard between cut and paste operation |
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Hi all,
I'd like to preserve the clipboard before a script runs that uses the clipboard, so that when the script finishes the old clipboard is available.
I have the following code:
Uses the clipboard for a shortcut key:
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cutActiveLine()
var:=clipboard
StringLower,var,var,T
var=%var%
clipboard =Hi %var%,`r`n`r`n
send,^v
;{Home}Hi {end}{backspace},`r`n
return
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Cuts the active line (this might need some modification)
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cutActiveLine()
{
ClipBoard=
Send,{Home}+{End} ;Select line
Send,^x ;copy selected text to clipboard
ClipWait,2
If ErrorLevel
MsgBox, The attempt to copy text onto the clipboard failed.
Return
}
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I've tried using the oldClipboard=clipboardAll as the first line of the CutActiveLine and removing the clipboard=. statement, but the script doesn't work when I make these changes. |
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TheIrishThug
Joined: 19 Mar 2006
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| Posted: Sun May 18, 2008 11:10 pm Post subject: |
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From the Clipboard page of the help:
| Code: | ClipSaved := ClipboardAll ; Save the entire clipboard to a variable of your choice.
; ... here make temporary use of the clipboard, such as for pasting Unicode text via Transform Unicode ...
Clipboard := ClipSaved ; Restore the original clipboard. Note the use of Clipboard (not ClipboardAll).
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caveatrob
Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 9:34 pm Post subject: Clipboard sometimes pastes old clipboard |
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| Sometimes when I run this script I get the old clipboard value as a result. Is there a timing problem in the script? How might I change this script to be more reliable? |
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HugoV
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caveatrob
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:32 pm Post subject: Clipwait |
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| Already doing so with a ClipWait,2. Should I set the value higher? |
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HugoV
Joined: 27 May 2007
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| Posted: Mon May 19, 2008 10:44 pm Post subject: |
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Try something like this, untested:
| Code: | cutActiveLine()
var:=Clipboard
StringLower,var,var,T
clipboard=Hi %var%,`r`n`r`n
send,^v
Clipboard := ClipSaved ; Restore the original clipboard. Note the use of Clipboard (not ClipboardAll).
return
cutActiveLine()
{
ClipSaved := ClipboardAll ; Save the entire clipboard to a variable of your choice.
ClipBoard= ; to make clipwait work, see documentation
Send,{Home}+{End} ;Select line
Send,^x ;cut selected text to clipboard
ClipWait,2
If ErrorLevel
MsgBox, The attempt to copy text onto the clipboard failed.
} |
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[VxE]
Joined: 07 Oct 2006
Posts: 1125
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| Posted: Tue May 20, 2008 12:11 am Post subject: |
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| Code: | ClipSaved := ClipboardAll ; Save the entire clipboard to a variable of your choice.
Clipboard := "" ; clear the clipboard so that clipwait works properly
; ... code during which something should be moved into the clipboard
Clipwait, 2 ; , 1 ; uncomment the ", 1" to wait for any kind of data to go in the clipboard.
; ... code to handle the new data in the clipboard
Clipboard := ClipSaved ; Restore the original clipboard. Note the use of Clipboard (not ClipboardAll).
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maybe this will help. It's the same kind of thing in HugoV's reply, but not buried under a function. 
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