Hello,
Often it is very helpful to use the clipboard as a means for interacting with a program. Thankfully AutoHotkey has two built-in variables working with it:
A_Clipboard which reflects the content of the clipboard if it can be expresses as text
ClibpoardALL which contains a lot of different types of data (Images, files, HTML, Audio files, Video file, Rich Text Format/ RTF, etc.)
In this example we’re just going to play a little with Setting and Using A_Clipboard.
The following will send the selected text to the clipboard and then display it in a messagebox.
Send “^c” ;Copying selected text
msgbox A_Clipboard ; Display clipboard in a message box
We cover how to use the FileRead command in our Intermediate AHK v2 Course. Remember that you can get a 15% discount by clicking here.
One thing I like to make sure I do is backup my clipboard, use it with my program, and then restore the clipboard. I walk through this process in this video.
Having programmatic access to the clipboard is crazy useful! There are a lot of other things to learn about accessing and using the clipboard but this gives you the basics to get you started.
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P.S. Using the clipboard to get stuff done is great, but we have talked about 18 different ways to automate programs in the AHK Hero Group❗
