Scilab Function
Last update : 28/09/2007

clipboard - Copy and paste strings to and from the system clipboard (Windows).

Calling Sequence

clipboard('copy',data)
str=clipboard('paste')
clipboard('do','paste')
clipboard('do','copy')
clipboard('do','empty')
clipboard(winnum,'EMF')
clipboard(winnum,'DIB')

Description

clipboard('copy',data) sets the clipboard contents to data. If data is not a character array, the clipboard uses sci2exp to convert it to a string.

str = clipboard('paste') returns the current contents of the clipboard as a string or as an empty string (' '), if the current clipboard contents cannot be converted to a string.

clipboard('do','paste') , clipboard('do','copy') , clipboard('do','empty') performs a paste, copy or empty clipboard.

Note that clipboard(...) works only Windows platforms when Scilab used in window mode.

clipboard(winnum,'EMF') copy a graphic windows identified by his window's number in the clipboard to EMF format.

clipboard(winnum,'DIB') copy a graphic windows identified by his window's number in the clipboard to DIB format.

Authors

A.C.