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Q158436: WD97: Sample VB Code to Assign Clipboard Text to String Variable

Article: Q158436
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97kbfaq
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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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.

MORE INFORMATION
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demonstrated and the tools used to create and debug procedures. Microsoft
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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:

  Q82111 WordBasic Macro to Assign Clipboard Text to a String Variable

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

  Q173707 OFF97: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles


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

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications


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Keywords          : kbdta kbdtacode kbmacroexample word8 kbwordvba word97 kbfaq
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbhowto

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