Article ID: 158436
Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Word 97 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q158436
SUMMARY
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 WordBasic Macro to Assign Clipboard Text to a String Variable
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles
REFERENCES
For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications
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