COPY STRING FROM VARIABLE TO CLIPBOARD

[etilley327KA]

How do I copy a string from my variable to the clipboard for paste?

[paullimapa]

at AutoCAD command line:

command: (setq a "test string")

command: !a

command: "test string"

select & highlight the above and do Ctrl+C

Command: (startapp"notepad")

then in Notepad do Ctrl+V

[Kent1Cooper · Accepted solution]

Assuming YourVariableName is the variable that contains the string in question, a little Searching reveals several places with this who-would-have-guessed kind of structure:

(vlax-invoke
  (vlax-get
    (vlax-get (setq htmlfile (vlax-create-object "htmlfile")) 'ParentWindow)
    'ClipBoardData
  )
  'SetData
  "Text"
  YourVariableName
)

That will put it in the clipboard directly from the variable contents, without your needing to pull it from the variable and Ctrl+C copy it.