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Martin Krajčírovič
Martin Krajčírovič

Reputation: 642

Autohotkey ClipboardAll in function does not work

I have this script in Autohotkey and for some reason it does not work just for ClipboardAll in function:

global clips := Object()
copy(index){
    Send ^c
    clips[0] := ClipboardAll
}
paste(index){
    Clipboard := clips[0]
    Send ^v
}
^q:: copy(0)
!q:: paste(0)

but if I try the function copy with "Clipboard" then it does work.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 316

Answers (1)

phil294
phil294

Reputation: 10852

Seems that AutoHotkey's arrays cannot store the contents of clipboardAll. Someone should report this...

Instead, if you use pseudo arrays, it'll work. So you can either go for this

global clips0,clips1,clips2,clips3,clips4   ; ...
copy(index){
    Send ^c
    clips%index% := ClipboardAll
}
paste(index){
    Clipboard := clips%index%
    Send ^v
}
^q:: copy(0)
!q:: paste(0)

which is close to your solution but limited to the size of the array since you'll have to state every variable as global.

Other than that, the best way I can see would be handling everything in subroutines, not in functions. This way, all variables will be global:

copy:
    Send ^c
    clips%index% := ClipboardAll
return

paste:
    Clipboard := clips%index%
    Send ^v
return

^q::
    index := 0
    goSub, copy
return

!q::
    index := 0
    goSub, paste
return

Upvotes: 1

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