KB183644 - WD98: Sample VB Code to Assign Clipboard Text to String Variable

Article ID: 183644

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183644

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.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following sample 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:

181058 OFF98: 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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