Skip,
Here is a simple but working example of a clipboard listener.
To test I just placed the code in a button so that I could easily toggle it
on and off.
Its an very quick draft, but hey. It works.
#################
local sRunning,sLastClipA
-- mouseup toggles the loop on and off
on mouseUp
if sRunning is empty then put false into sRunning
put not sRunning into sRunning
clipCheck
end mouseUp
command clipcheck
-- if sRunning is toggled to false, the loop stops.
if sRunning then
put the keys of the clipboarddata into keyList
repeat for each line tKey in keyList
-- bulid an array for comparison
-- I couldn't get it to work using the keys directly so
-- created a keyList instead
put the clipboarddata[tKey] into tClipA[tKey]
end repeat
if sLastClipA is empty then
-- on runstart put the first contents of the clipboard into
sLastClipA
put tClipA into sLastClipA
else
repeat for each key tKey in tClipA
put true into tSame
-- do the comparison. Any thing that differs toggles tSame
if tClipA[tKey] is not sLastClipA[tKey] then put false into
tSame
end repeat
end if
if not tSame then
-- Here is where you could do something with sLastClipA before
-- replacing its contents with the new clipboard contents
put tClipA into sLastClipA
-- this is just here to show the keys and seconds
-- whenever the clipboard changes Comment or remove
put the keys of sLastClipA && the seconds
end if
-- 100 millisec works well enough
send "clipCheck" to me in 100 millisec
end if
end clipcheck
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com> wrote:
> The code I posted still would not have worked as it was. To do the
> comparison and see if there is a change, you would indeed have to cycle
> through the keys and look for the difference. There are definitely some
> quirks involved here. Headed out the door, but it might be fun to mess with
> the clipboard monitoring idea when i get back home.
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:35 AM, J. Landman Gay <jac...@hyperactivesw.com
> > wrote:
>
>> No, you're right. I just posted a correction and then saw this reply.
>>
>> When testing, "is an array" returns false on the retrieved content, but
>> when asking for each key type the values are still there. That must be why
>> the dictionary calls it a "false array".
>>
>>
>> On 5/27/2015 12:31 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>>
>>> Ah k, thx! Sorry for steering you slightly wrong skip. The basic
>>> premise
>>> should still work, but you'll have to jump through the extra hoops of
>>> checking the keys each time through. Should still be plenty fast. (game
>>> loops do the same thing, and do considerably more than what you're
>>> looking
>>> at while still retaining enough speed.)
>>>
>>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:14 AM, J. Landman Gay <
>>> jac...@hyperactivesw.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> You'll have to walk through all the keys when both retrieving and
>>>> setting
>>>> the array. The default when getting or setting the clipboarddata without
>>>> specifying a key is to return only the plain text. The array is lost.
>>>>
>>>> On 5/26/2015 9:58 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Oooo... I will try that tomorrow!
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to save an alt+f keystroke to the clipboard data? I
>>>>> am
>>>>> trying to automate some tasks during this entire exercise and this is
>>>>> also
>>>>> one of my hurdles.
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>>
>>>>> SKIP
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnm...@gmail.com>
>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> One way would be to use a send in time loop. Check to see if the
>>>>> data in
>>>>>
>>>>>> the clipboard array is different, if so, act. Some untested quick and
>>>>>> dirty code follows.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> command checkClipboard
>>>>>> if sLastClipA is empty then
>>>>>> put the clipboarddata into sLastClipA
>>>>>> -- do something with the data in sLastClipA
>>>>>> else
>>>>>> repeat for each key tKey in the clipboarddata
>>>>>> -- check the data in the keys here, against the keys you saved in
>>>>>> sLastClipA
>>>>>> -- if there is a change, do something with the data in the
>>>>>> clipboarddata
>>>>>> end if
>>>>>> put the clipboarddata into sLastClipA
>>>>>>
>>>>>> send "checkClipboard" to me in 100 millisec
>>>>>> end checkClipboard
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com
>>>> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>>
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