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WD97: Sample VB Code to Assign Clipboard Text to String Variable

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This article provides a Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications macro example that uses the GetFromClipboard and GetText methods, to retrieve text stored on the Clipboard and assigns the contents to a string variable.

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The following example Visual Basic for Applications subroutine uses the GetFromClipboard and GetText methods, to retrieve the Clipboard contents to a string variable.

Sub GetClipBoardText()
      Dim MyData As DataObject
      Set MyData = New DataObject
      Dim sClipText As String
      On Error GoTo NotText
      ' Get data from the clipboard.
      MyData.GetFromClipboard
      ' Assign clipboard contents to string variable.
      sClipText = MyData.GetText(1)
      MsgBox sClipText
   NotText:
      If Err <> 0 Then
         MsgBox "Data on clipboard is not text."
      End If
   End Sub

For information about how to do this in earlier versions of Word, please see the following article(s) in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

82111

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/82111/EN-US/ )

WordBasic Macro to Assign Clipboard Text to a String Variable

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

173707

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/173707/EN-US/ )

OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

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REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435

(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/163435/EN-US/ )

VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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Article ID: 158436 - Last Review: January 19, 2007 - Revision: 2.3

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Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition

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