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Clipboard - Set |
Declaration
<AMCLIPBOARD ACTIVITY="set" VALUE="test" />
Description
Sets the specified text onto the clipboard.
Practical Usage
Commonly used to populate a text string onto the clipboard in order to paste it in a subsequent step with the Paste activity.
Parameters
General
| Property | Type | Required | Default | Markup | Description |
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| Text to send to the clipboard | Text | Yes | (Empty) | <AMCLIPBOARDSET>theText</AMCLIPBOARDSET> | Specifies the text that should be placed into the clipboard. As with all text parameters, expressions may be used. |
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:
This task opens Notepad, sets specific text onto the clipboard and pastes the clipboard contents onto the Notepad window.
Copy
<AMRUN FILE="notepad" />
<AMWINDOW ACTIVITY="maximize" WINDOWTITLE="Untitled - Notepad" />
<AMCLIPBOARD ACTIVITY="set" VALUE="This is the contents of the clipboard." />
<AMCLIPBOARD ACTIVITY="paste" />