Copy To Clipboard Via Script

Ever needed to send text to the clipboard via LotusScript? Does your database
need to copy information to the clipboard to be used later in another area..
and you need to be able to move it via LotusScript? Here's how...
Const GMEM_MOVEABLE = &H40
Const GMEM_ZEROINIT = &H2
Const CF_TEXT = &H01


Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32" Alias "OpenClipboard" (Byval hwnd
As Long) As Long
Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32" Alias "CloseClipboard" () As Long
Declare Function EmptyClipboard Lib "user32" Alias "EmptyClipboard" () As Long
Declare Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32" Alias "GetClipboardData" (Byval
wFormat As Long) As Long
Declare Function SetClipboardData Lib "user32" Alias "SetClipboardData" (Byval
wFormat As Long, Byval hMem As Long) As Long
Declare Function IsClipboardFormatAvailable Lib "user32" Alias
"IsClipboardFormatAvailable" (Byval wFormat As Long) As Long
Declare Function GlobalAlloc Lib "kernel32" Alias "GlobalAlloc" (Byval wFlags
As Long, Byval dwBytes As Long) As Long
Declare Function GlobalLock Lib "kernel32" Alias "GlobalLock" (Byval hMem As
Long) As Long
Declare Function GlobalUnlock Lib "kernel32" Alias "GlobalUnlock" (Byval hMem
As Long) As Long
Declare Function GlobalSize Lib "kernel32" Alias "GlobalSize" (Byval hMem As
Long) As Long
Declare Function lstrcpy Lib "kernel32" Alias "lstrcpyA" (Byval lpString1 As
Long, Byval lpString2 As String) As Long
Declare Function NEMGetCurrentSubprogramWindow Lib "nnotesws.dll" () As Long

Sub SetClipboardText(text As String)

Dim hwnd As Long
Dim hGlobalMemory As Long
Dim lpGlobalMemory As Long
Dim ret As Long

On Error Goto error_handler

' Get a handle to current window
hwnd = NEMGetCurrentSubProgramWindow()
If hwnd Then
' Allocate memory

hGlobalMemory = GlobalAlloc(Clng(GMEM_MOVEABLE Or GMEM_ZEROINIT),
Clng(Len(text)+1))

If hGlobalMemory Then

lpGlobalMemory = GlobalLock(hGlobalMemory)

If lpGlobalMemory Then

ret = lstrcpy(lpGlobalMemory, text)

Call GlobalUnlock(hGlobalMemory)

If OpenClipboard(hwnd) Then

ret = EmptyClipboard()

ret = SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hGlobalMemory)

ret = CloseClipboard()

End If
Else
Msgbox "Can't allocated global memory pointer.", 32, "Error"
End If
Else
Msgbox "Can't allocated global memory handle.", 32, "Error"
End If
Else
Msgbox "Can't get window handle.", 32, "Error"
End If
Exit Sub
error_handler:
Print "Error: " + Error$(Err)
Resume Next
End Sub

Sub Click(Source As Button)
Dim s As New NotesSession
Dim ws as New NotesUIWorkspace
Dim db As NotesDatabase
Dim uiDoc as NotesUIDocument
Dim plainText As String

Set db = s.CurrentDatabase

Set uiDoc = ws.CurrentDocument




plainText = uiDoc.FieldGetText("testField")

setclipboardtext(plainText)
Msgbox "Function copied to clipboard.", 0+64, "Successful"


End Sub

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