Paste text from clipboard

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Hello.
Currently i'm faceing a big problem with demo of Macro Sheduler.

Paste function

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Press CTRL
Send Character/Text>v
Release CTRL
Press Enter

is not working. Well it's working but once yes once no.

On my windows 7 (russian) all is ok
On my windows xp (rus) not working. and when i writting russian text by english letters it pasts me russian.

And sometimes when paste it sends like

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800e60f266d 556se522fg

i know this is some type of charset...
but how to make it correct?

P.S. i send text by

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Send Text>russian words

i get also bugs...

please help

[adroege]

Here is something to try instead of sending the key strokes to do paste.

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GetClipBoard>result
Send>result
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Have tested, this is working better, but also there is a problem. Russian text is sent in right way, but english is transcripted with numbers instead of text
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[adroege]

At this point it doesn't seem like a Macro Scheduler issue, since the clipboard seems like it's the problem. I work exclusively in an English only environment, so mixed languages on the clipboard aren't something I have ever had to deal with.

Let's attack the problem in a different way.
Maybe the clipboard is not necessary to solve your problem.


What exactly are you trying to accomplish with Macro Scheduler? Maybe a completely different methodology can be used which doesn't use the clipboard.

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i have written a simple script that moves mouse and then put the clipboard text into the window. window is flash program, i thought maybe problems with flash, but doing the same in notepad - not working too. probably some problems with my windows xp, need smth to install , but what..

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have reinstalled windows xp - on english version

now

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GetClipBoard>result
Send>result

unrecognizable text (not working)

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Press CTRL
Send Character/Text>v
Release CTRL
Press Enter

seems to be working again on ENG XP

[adroege]

Maybe the problem lies in how you are getting the text into the clipboard in the first place?

How is text going to the clipboard?


*Another thought* - Do you have to use the clipboard?

Why not use other data storage techniques? Like read from file, read from memory components, read from database.... or use Macro Scheduler to prompt for the required information using a custom dialog or input box?

You can also use Macro Scheduler to put the text onto the clipboard if that is a very vital issue.

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before running macro shed. script i go to the notepad and copy text i need, and then program sends the same message during some perdiod of time, its the easiest way i think. As put text directly in macrosheduler make bugs with encoding

[wvfrugalchick]

I'm using the method suggested here:

GetClipBoard>result
Wait>0.5
Send>result

This works "most" of the time however there have been a few times it didnt copy correctly or something and actually sent the word "result" to the intended target. Is there a way to check the clipboard and if theres nothing there, abort?

Thanks,
Tammy

[Dorian (MJT support)]

Yes, you have a few options. Probably the first one or last one will suit you :

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//Method 1. Check to see if the clipboard = "result".
//If it does, retry
Label>Retry
press CTRL
send>c
Release CTRL

GetClipBoard>result

If>result={"result"},Retry

Wait>0.5
Send>result

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//Method 2. Check to see if something you're expecting is in the clipboard.
//"fish" for example
GetClipBoard>result

pos>fish,result,1,posfish,
If>posfish>0
  Wait>0.5
  Send>result
Endif

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//Method 3. If you're expecting the result to be a certain length
//Greater than 30 characters for example

GetClipBoard>result

len>result,lenresult
If>lenresult>30
  Wait>0.5
  Send>result
Endif

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//Alternative suggestion. When copying, check to see if the clipboard has changed.
//If it hasn't, retry. if it has, continue
GetClipBoard>CB_before
Label>Retry
Press CTRL
Send>c
Release CTRL
GetClipBoard>CB_after
If>CB_before=CB_after,Retry

Wait>0.5
Send>result

Another thing to note is that sometimes if it's a long string it will overwhelm the target. We fix this with a Sendkey Delay :

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//Wait 50 milliseconds between each keystroke (adjust as necessary)
let>SK_Delay=50