Parsing and precise placement of data contained in clipboard
Posted: 23 Jan 2019, 07:43
Hello Folks,
Say I copy something like a craigslist ad with text and a swath of pictures. To copy the content inside this craigslist web page, I select all with ctrl+a and then copy with ctrl+c.
How can I look at all these individual items contained within my clipboard? Is there some sort of a way to loop through these items with a GUI, or even simpler visualization, and/or text so that I can see and place these items somewhere else with precision?
I was thinking of ways to save time when looking around for new housing, so I'd like to paste craigslist housing ads straight into Excel using COM. My issue is that when I copy the clipboard and paste straight into Excel, the pictures all stack on top of each other and it doesn't save me any time or serve any use. I beleive I can figure out the Excel COM part myself - just need help understanding how the clipboard works with data.
I could see this benefiting myself in other scenarios. But since I don't understand how this works, I'm stuck.
Any help is apprceciated! Thank you for your insightful replies in advance!!
Say I copy something like a craigslist ad with text and a swath of pictures. To copy the content inside this craigslist web page, I select all with ctrl+a and then copy with ctrl+c.
How can I look at all these individual items contained within my clipboard? Is there some sort of a way to loop through these items with a GUI, or even simpler visualization, and/or text so that I can see and place these items somewhere else with precision?
I was thinking of ways to save time when looking around for new housing, so I'd like to paste craigslist housing ads straight into Excel using COM. My issue is that when I copy the clipboard and paste straight into Excel, the pictures all stack on top of each other and it doesn't save me any time or serve any use. I beleive I can figure out the Excel COM part myself - just need help understanding how the clipboard works with data.
I could see this benefiting myself in other scenarios. But since I don't understand how this works, I'm stuck.
Any help is apprceciated! Thank you for your insightful replies in advance!!