[python-win32] Clipboard Documentation

[Tim Roberts]

On 11/30/21 7:04 AM, gw1500 via python-win32 wrote:

>
> Thanks for the reply. I read about that but was hoping to use pywin32. 
> I can see now the folly of that decision.
>
> I have a working minimal test but am looking for something a bit more 
> automated. I bring my app window to the top using pywin32 and a line I 
> need is already highlighted. I can ctrl-c from the keyboard and 
> pyperclip works just fine. However, since the line is already 
> highlighted is there a way to get it without user interaction (ctrl-c)?

  I don't know how much trouble you want to go to.  If you can get the 
window handle of the text box that has your text, you can send a WM_COPY 
message to it.  With the standard controls, that tells it to do a "copy" 
operation with the currently selected text.

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Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.