Easy way to read clipboard?
- To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
- Subject: [mg117847] Easy way to read clipboard?
- From: mmausr <opngid at gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2011 02:36:06 -0500 (EST)
The Paste[] command will paste the current contents of the clipboard into a cell. In theory, one can then access the contents of a cell by executing front-end commands in the kernel, but I'd prefer something more direct. Say that I want to set the variable Foo to the current contents of the Clipboard, which holds the number 100. I'd like to be able to execute something like Foo = ReadClipboard[] and have Foo set to the integer value 100. Any suggestions?