Clipboard actions

Use the Clipboard actions to manipulate or extract the contents of your machine's clipboard.

To retrieve the contents of the clipboard and store them in a variable, use the Get clipboard text action.

To change the text of the clipboard, use the Set clipboard text action. The following example uses a variable to set the current date and time on the clipboard.

To clear the clipboard, use the Clear clipboard contents action.

Get clipboard text

Gets clipboard text.

Input parameters

This action doesn't require any input.

Variables produced

Argument	Type	Description
ClipboardText	Text value	The text stored in the clipboard

Exceptions

Exception	Description
Can't retrieve clipboard contents	Indicates a problem retrieving clipboard contents

Set clipboard Text

Sets clipboard text.

Input parameters

Argument	Optional	Accepts	Default Value	Description
Clipboard text	No	Text value		The text to set to the clipboard

Variables produced

This action doesn't produce any variables.

Exceptions

Exception	Description
Can't set clipboard contents	Indicates a problem setting clipboard contents

Clear clipboard contents

Clears clipboard contents.

Input parameters

This action doesn't require any input.

Variables produced

This action doesn't produce any variables.

Exceptions

This action doesn't include any exceptions.