Read Clipboard
This Action Step simply copies the current clipboard content into a variable (see Section Using Variables) for further usage within the Workflow.
Properties
Clear Clipboard after reading If activated, the clipboard will be cleared after it was read and saved into a variable
Copy to clipboard before reading (Default: Disabled) If this property is enabled, the text currently selected will be copied to the clipboard before reading the contents of the buffer. The CTRL+C command is used to copy the text.
Please note that some text must be selected when this is executed.
The content of the buffer is deleted before copying the selected text. If no text is selected, then the buffer will be empty, i.e. it will not contain any data that might otherwise have been stored there from a previous action.
The CTRL+C command takes a variable amount of time to perform the copy, depending on system load, so this Action Step includes a Timeout. The buffer is checked every 250 ms to see if it contains any data.
If it does, then the contents of the buffer are returned.
If the buffer is empty, then the system will check for content after a further 250 ms. This process is repeated until the Timeout has expired.
Therefore, do not enter a value of 0 for the Timeout. This would result in the buffer being empty.