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ESL Documentation

Special Inquiry Built-in Function

Return textual data from the Windows or PM clipboard.

clipboard

Description

The clipboard function returns a string containing the text currently in the clipboard. This function does not affect the contents of the clipboard.

Although the clipboard can simultaneously contain different types of data, this function can only be used to retrieve text. If no text exists in the clipboard, a null string is returned.

Example

 

# Copy clipboard contents to a textual region.

add to PasteRegion_TR

 insert clipboard

See Also

copy Action Statement

add to Action Statement