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Getting and setting large amount of text data in clipboard
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In order to get and set a large amount of text data in the clipboard using Python, you can use the win32clipboard
module in the pywin32
package. Here's an example script that demonstrates how to accomplish this:
scssimport win32clipboard
# Get text from clipboard
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
text = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_UNICODETEXT)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
# Set text to clipboard
text = "Hello, world!"
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
win32clipboard.SetClipboardData(win32clipboard.CF_UNICODETEXT, text)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()
Here's how the script works:
- Use
OpenClipboard
to open the clipboard for reading or writing. - Use
GetClipboardData
with theCF_UNICODETEXT
parameter to get text data from the clipboard. - Use
CloseClipboard
to close the clipboard after reading the data. - Use
EmptyClipboard
to clear the clipboard before setting new data. - Use
SetClipboardData
with theCF_UNICODETEXT
parameter to set new text data to the clipboard. - Use
CloseClipboard
to close the clipboard after setting the data.
By running this script, you can get and set a large amount of text data in the clipboard using Python on Windows. Note that the pywin32
package may need to be installed separately, and that this script may need to be modified for use on other operating systems.