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

ID: Q183644

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 98 Macintosh Edition

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 sample Visual Basic for Applications subroutine uses the GetFromClipboard and GetText methods, to retrieve the Clipboard contents to a string vriable.

   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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q82111
   TITLE     : WordBasic Macro to Assign Clipboard Text to a String
               Variable

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

   ARTICLE-ID: Q181058
   TITLE     : 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q163435
   TITLE     : VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for
               Applications

Additional query words: wordcon vb vba vbe

Keywords          : kbdta OffVBA kbmacroexample macword98 
Version           : MACINTOSH:98
Platform          : MACINTOSH
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: April 7, 1999