I'm trying to make a function that will copy text to the clipboard. I'm using the Windows API. This is the code I have so far:

code:

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function set_clipboard_text()
{
    var tmp = "This is a test";
    var l = tmp.length * 2 + 2;

    if (Interop.Call("User32", "OpenClipboard", 0))
    {
            Interop.Call("User32", "EmptyClipboard");
            var h = Interop.Call("Kernel32", "GlobalAlloc", 0x2000, l);
            var p = Interop.Allocate( l );
            p.WriteDWORD(0, Interop.Call("Kernel32", "GlobalLock", h));
            Interop.Call("Kernel32", "lstrcpyW", p, tmp);
            Interop.Call("Kernel32", "GlobalUnlock", h);
            Interop.Call("User32", "SetClipboardData", 1, h)
            Interop.Call("User32", "CloseClipboard");
    }
}

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code:

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    OpenClipboard(NULL);
    EmptyClipboard();
    HGLOBAL h = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_DDESHARE, strlen(source)+1);
    char* p = (char*)GlobalLock( h );
    lstrcpy(p, source);
    GlobalUnlock( h );
    SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT,h);
    CloseClipboard();

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How about using the Clipboard object? (following code copied directly from the MSDN without testing):

code:

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private function button1_Click(sender : Object, e : System.EventArgs) {
    //Take the selected text from a text box and put it on the clipboard.
    if(textBox1.SelectedText != "")
       Clipboard.SetDataObject(textBox1.SelectedText);
    else
       textBox2.Text = "No text selected in textBox1";
}

private function button2_Click(sender : Object, e : System.EventArgs) {
    //Declare an IDataObject to hold the data returned from the clipboard.
    //Then retrieve the data from the clipboard.
    var iData : IDataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

    //Determine whether the data is in a format you can use.
    if(iData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text)) {
       //Yes it is, so display it in a text box.
       textBox2.Text = String(iData.GetData(DataFormats.Text));
    }
    else {
       //No it is not.
       textBox2.Text = "Could not retrieve data off the clipboard.";
    }
}

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That looks a little .NET to me... will it actually work?

I noticed that... But this page is really talking about JScript... It seems like this is different from the language we are using for scripts...

I tested using this class which is inherited from System.Windows.Forms, and i didn't found a way to make it work :/

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Originally posted by J-Thread
I noticed that... But this page is really talking about JScript... It seems like this is different from the language we are using for scripts...

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Right... I think I get it now...

So let's go back to topic, I don't see why that wouldn't work... But I guess there is a better way to acces the clipboard. Maybe with some ActiveX object?

Solution for copying text to/from the clipboard:
[UPDATED] Clipboard Functions (that WORK)