Clipget() does not work

[mmoalem]

I seem to have an issue with clipget() - the following bit of code copy URL from chrome address bar - than using clipget() i try to grab the URL into a variable and input it into a spreadsheet. the script did not put anything into the sheet 

originally I though it was an issue with  OOo/LibO Calc UDF and posted it there :

 

than I tried writing $NewURL into a text file and than just a msgbox but it comes blank. (the URL is in the clipboard as i can paste it)

 

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser
send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, $sTitle, $NewURL )

am I doing something wrong? is there an issue with a URL characters?

[david1337]

Hmm I don't see anything wrong in that code.

This works fine here - The MsgBox gives me the URL.
Have you tried with different sites?

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser
send ("^c") ;copy selected URL

Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
Local $sTitle = "Title"

MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, $sTitle, $NewURL )

 

[mmoalem]

3 hours ago, david1337 said:

Hmm I don't see anything wrong in that code.

This works fine here - The MsgBox gives me the URL.
Have you tried with different sites?

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser
send ("^c") ;copy selected URL

Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
Local $sTitle = "Title"

MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, $sTitle, $NewURL )

 

that is strange... doesnt work for me even with other URLs... Now I kind of went the manual route opening a text file, activating it, pasting from the clipboard - that works but wish i understood why clipget doesnt work

[232showtime]

its working,

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
WinActivate("[Class:MozillaWindowClass]")

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser

send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Title", $NewURL )

just activate your browser and put some if statement

[mmoalem]

the issue is in clipget - the URL is copied into the clipboard no problem but $NewURL is not populated by clipget() - have no idea why... tried running it as admin on win10 as well but did not work

5 hours ago, 232showtime said:

its working,

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
WinActivate("[Class:MozillaWindowClass]")

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser

send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Title", $NewURL )

just activate your browser and put some if statement

 

[KickStarter15]

It's working as well in me.

#include <FileConstants.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>

WinActivate("[Class:MozillaWindowClass]")

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser

send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
$sFilePath = @ScriptDir & "\Test.txt"
$hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_APPEND)
   FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, $NewURL)
FileClose($hFileOpen)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Title", "Contents of the ClipGet:" & @CRLF & FileRead($sFilePath))

 

17 minutes ago, mmoalem said:

$NewURL is not populated by clipget()

What do you mean by not populating your clipget()?

[KickStarter15]

22 hours ago, mmoalem said:

the following bit of code copy URL from chrome address bar - than using clipget() i try to grab the URL into a variable and input it into a spreadsheet. the script did not put anything into the sheet

Have you tried using Mozilla instead? Chrome seems not working in me.

I tried having it this way:

#include <FileConstants.au3>
#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
#include <WinAPIFiles.au3>

If WinExists("[CLASS:MozillaWindowClass]") Then
    WinActivate("[CLASS:MozillaWindowClass]")
ElseIf WinExists("[CLASS:IEFrame]") Then
    WinActivate("[CLASS:IEFrame]")
 ElseIf WinExists("[CLASS:Chrome_WidgetWin_0]") Then
    WinActivate("[CLASS:Chrome_WidgetWin_0]")
EndIf

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser

send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
$sFilePath = @ScriptDir & "\Test.txt"
$hFileOpen = FileOpen($sFilePath, $FO_APPEND)
   FileWriteLine($hFileOpen, $NewURL)
FileClose($hFileOpen)
MsgBox($MB_SYSTEMMODAL, "Title", "Contents of the ClipGet:" & @CRLF & FileRead($sFilePath))

But you might want to check this here and try Xandy's line. Might help you with your chrome issue. But for FireFox and IE above code is working fine.

Edited May 18, 2017 by KickStarter15

[Bowmore]

Sometimes when using send("^c) to copy data to the clipboard it can take a short time for the data to get into the clipboard. Adding a short sleep before trying to access the data in the clipboard usually  solves the problem.

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
WinActivate("[Class:MozillaWindowClass]")

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser

send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
sleep(500) ;<===== Experiment with different values to get the optimum sleep time
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Title", $NewURL )

 

 

 

[jdelaney]

Also, just because you activate a window doesn't necessarily mean that 100% of your sends are going to get to that window.  Why not just use IE, and then there are actual functions that will grab a DOM object text (the url) into a variable

[mmoalem]

On 2017-5-18 at 9:23 PM, Bowmore said:

Sometimes when using send("^c) to copy data to the clipboard it can take a short time for the data to get into the clipboard. Adding a short sleep before trying to access the data in the clipboard usually  solves the problem.

#include <MsgBoxConstants.au3>
WinActivate("[Class:MozillaWindowClass]")

send ("!d") ;select URL in browser

send ("^c") ;copy selected URL
sleep(500) ;<===== Experiment with different values to get the optimum sleep time
Local $NewURL = ClipGet()
MsgBox($MB_ICONINFORMATION + $MB_TOPMOST, "Title", $NewURL )

 

 

 

That was the issue! thank you all for trying to help - appreciate the support