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Clipboard - Get contents |
Declaration
<AMCLIPBOARD ACTIVITY="get" RESULTVARIABLE="text" />
Description
Retrieves existing contents of the clipboard as text and places it in a variable.
Practical Usage
A common method used in automation tasks to retrieve data from an application if it does not provide it any other way (such as OLE, DDE, or other means).
Parameters
General
| Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
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| Populate variable with contents | Text | Yes | (Empty) | RESULTVARIABLE="theVariableName" | Specifies the name of the Automate variable in which to place the clipboard data. |
Example
NOTE:
- The sample AML code below can be copied and pasted directly into the Steps Panel of the Task Builder.
- Parameters containing user credentials, files, file paths, and/or other information specific to the task must be customized before the sample code can run successfully.
Description
Get the contents of the clipboard and store it in the variable "theVariableName."
Copy
<AMCLIPBOARD ACTIVITY="get" RESULTVARIABLE="theVariableName" />