If Clipboard help

[phenomenix]

I could really use a statement "If clipboard does not contain" but can't find it anywhere.

 

Does anybody know a way to accomplish the same thing?

 

Thank you,

 

Roger

[Cory]

Copy the clipboard to a text var and then use the If Variable wiht the Contains option.

[kevin]

Try this:

If Clipboard Contains "Special Stuff"
Else
 // DO YOUR STUFF HERE
End If

[phenomenix]

Thank you for the suggestions.

 

The first one will work. I had never thought of doing it with a variable, since the thing I'm putting on the clipboard is an entire Web page, but I tried it and it works. Who'd-a-thunk of naming an entire Web page with a variable?

 

The second suggestion, with the else statement is a little trickier, since I can't predict what the web page will contain. In other words I have no "Special Stuff" to search on. If I did I would have just used the 'If Clipboard Contains" function to start with. I only wanted to know if it does NOT contain a specific string.

 

But I have a solution. Thanks.

 

I hope someday they will add an "If Not Clipboard Contains" statement to save the extra steps. It seems silly that it isn't there.

[kevin]

The second suggestion, with the else statement is a little trickier, since I can't predict what the web page will contain. In other words I have no "Special Stuff" to search on. If I did I would have just used the 'If Clipboard Contains" function to start with. I only wanted to know if it does NOT contain a specific string.

The second example is exactly what you need. Because of the Else command the section "DO YOUR STUFF HERE" will only execute if the clipboard does not contain a specific string. Just replace 'Special Stuff' with the string you do not want it to contain.

 

I'm glad you have a method that works.

[Cory]

Yeah, what Kevin said. His way is better. For some reason I forgot that there was a If Clipboard Contains. IMHO it's better because it saves the use of a variable. But if the var will be used for something else then it might have merit.

[phenomenix]

Thank you both for the excellent help. You are correct.