CTRL-c cannot copy text to clipboard

[jtsy]

Hi,

We wrote a piece of macroscript code in order to copy a portion of text from a text file to another text file. part of the code is as follows:

Run Program>C:\Program Files\Windows NT\Accessories\wordpad.exe
WaitWindowOpen>Document - WordPad
WindowAction>1,Document - WordPad

//open source file
Wait>1
Press CTRL
send>o
Release CTRL
WaitWindowOpen>Open
send>%name%
wait>0.5
Press Enter

//go to first line of text file
Press CTRL
Press HOME
Release CTRL

Wait>0.5

//select text to be copied
Press Down*4
Wait>0.5
Press Shift
Wait>0.5
Press Up
Wait>0.5
Release Shift
Wait>2

//copy text
//problematic part: the code cannot copy it to the computer clipboard
Press Ctrl
wait>1
send>c
Release Ctrl
Wait>2

//open a destination text file for text to be pasted
Run Program>notepad.exe
Wait>2
WaitWindowOpen>Untitled - Notepad
Wait>2
Press CTRL
send>v
Release CTRL

We tried many times but cant seem to find where the problem lies..
Any help would be greatly appreciated...thanks a lot!

[Marcus Tettmar]

Are you sure it is not copying to the clipboard? Or is it just that the paste is failing? Or maybe it's failing to highlight the appropriate text? I've just done a quick test with WordPad open with some text in it. Running this script the correct clipboard data is displayed:

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SetFocus>Document - WordPad
//Select All
Press CTRL
Send>a
Release CTRL
//Copy to clipboard
Press CTRL
Send>c
Release CTRL
Wait>1
//Get clipboard contents and display
GetClipBoard>clip_contents
MessageModal>clip_contents

So clearly no issue sending ctrl-c to WordPad, which is why I suspect you need to be looking at some other part of your script.