How to paste Excel cell value in another applcation?

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newb01
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How to paste Excel cell value in another applcation?

Post by newb01 » Wed Jun 07, 2017 3:12 pm

Sorry for the very newb question, but I have used

XLOpen>C:\Users\newb01\Desktop\Macro Scheduler Test.xlsx,1,xlBook
XLGetCell>xlBook,Sheet1,1,1,strValue

Run>Notepad.exe
Press>ctrl
Send>v
Release>ctrl
press>ctrl
send>v
release> ctrl

to paste, but the value is not pasting. What am I missing here?

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JRL
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Re: How to paste Excel cell value in another applcation?

Post by JRL » Wed Jun 07, 2017 8:24 pm

The XLGetCell> function does not put the value of the cell to the clipboard, the cell value is in your variable "strValue". So either use put clipboard to put strValue to the clipboard or do something like:

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Run>Notepad.exe
WaitWindowOpen>Notepad*
Wait>0.5
SetFocus>Notepad*
Send>strValue

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