Receiving text from the windows clipboard with C/AL

Steeve_globetrotter

Hi everybody,

Sorry but in fact I have a little problem with the clipboard OCX that I donwnloaded here : http://www.mibuso.com/dlinfo.asp?FileID=149

We can use this like : t = Clipboard.TextFromClipboard;

In fact, we have to take care concerning the length of t because Navision does not allow strings largers than 250 chars. Ok...So...I have the problem and I would like a solution please because if t is larger than 250 chars I have always an error message...

Do you have other solutions like :

Count_Char := STRLEN(Clipboard.TextFromClipboard); --> Apparently, this doesn't work with the OCX directly... :-(

IF (Count_Char < 250) THEN BEGIN blablabla END

Thanks a lot for your help and I hope I will have answer about this because the deadline of the project is not far away...:-)

Timo_Lässer

YourTextVar := COPYSTR(Clipboard.TextFromClipboard,1,MAXSTRLEN(YourTextVar);

Steeve_globetrotter

Timo Lässer wrote:

YourTextVar := COPYSTR(Clipboard.TextFromClipboard,1,MAXSTRLEN(YourTextVar);

Thanks a lot Timo for your answer...

But it doesn't work...

This is what I have:

Variables:
String_GED - Text 250
GED_Entete - Text - 50

---

String_GED := COPYSTR(Clipboard.TextFromClipboard, 1, MAXSTRLEN(String_GED));

GED_Entete := SELECTSTR(1, String_GED);

IF (GED_Entete = '#*_*#GED#*_*#') THEN
BEGIN
Start := DIALOG.CONFIRM(GED detected, do you want to import it ?');
END

---

Try it and you will see...pffffff, I would like to resolve it...HELPPPPPPP...lol

Thanks again

ajhvdb

Any luck solving this?

Eugene

probably the line of code SELECTSTR(1, String_GED); fails because there are no commas in the String_GED or the STRPOS of the first comma >50

rvduuren

Hello,

I think this OCX is very limited usable in NAV, no offense of cource

I've did some c# coding:

using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace ConsoleClipB
{
    class Program
    {
        [STAThread]
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            if (Clipboard.GetDataObject() != null)
            {
                if (Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text))
                {                    
                    Console.WriteLine("{0}", Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString());
                }
                else
                    Console.WriteLine("The clipboad does not contain any text");
                Console.ReadLine();
            }
        }
    }
}

Combine this code in : How to create a Navision dll/ocx in Visual Studio 2005 .NET AND maby Access Navision Stream From DotNet ..and you're done..

You can access the clipboard form a stream or text file..