ClipWait

[alancantor]

Typical examples of ClipWait show what happens when text is copied to the clipboard, e.g.,

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clipboard := "" ; Empty clipboard
Send, ^c
ClipWait, 2

Does ClipWait wait until the clipboard contains data when text has been cut instead of copied? For example:

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clipboard := "" ; Empty clipboard
Send, ^x
ClipWait, 2

Is ClipWait an appropriate way to determine whether the clipboard has been successfully modified? E.g.,

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Clipboard = %Opener%%Clipboard%%Closer%
ClipWait, 0.75
SendInput ^v

[Xtra]

Check ErrorLevel after using Clipwait and it will show if the copy failed for the timeout.

[Rohwedder]

Hallo,
if you want to be sure that the ClipBoard has been changed successfully:

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Clipboard := Test := Opener Clipboard Closer
While, ClipBoard <> Test
	Sleep, 50
SendInput ^v

[mikeyww]

Answers:

Does ClipWait wait until the clipboard contains data when text has been cut instead of copied?

• Yes, because the clipboard is populated following the cut.

Is ClipWait an appropriate way to determine whether the clipboard has been successfully modified?

• Only if the clipboard is first empty, because ClipWait waits until the clipboard has been populated.

Your testing can quickly verify these things.

[alancantor]

Thank you all for the clarifications about ClipWait.

And thank you especially for the suggestion to check for errors after ClipWait. There has been an unexpected benefit: now I have a better mechanism for checking when nothing is selected. In this cases, nothing gets copied to the clipboard when the macro runs. The revised script is more versatile than before.