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Queries data from clipboard item.
Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | iOS SDK |
Clipboard | 4.4 | ✅ Yes | ✅ Yes | ❌ No | ❌ No | ✅ Yes |
Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
---|---|---|---|
ClipboardType | The clipboard type to query. On Windows can also be a number. | "com.apple.icns" | |
ResultType | How to return the data. Can be "hex" for hex encoded, "base64" for base 64 encoded, "text" for trying to read data as text, "file" for a container value containing a file or "image" for reading data as image. | "image" | |
Param1 | For ResultType "file" the filename of the container value. For ResultType "image" the image type. Can be PNG, JPEG, GIF or BMP. | "JPEG" | Optional |
Param2 | For ResultType "image", the file name of the image in the container value. | "image.jpg" | Optional |
Returns text or error.
Queries icon from clipboard:
MBS("Clipboard.GetData"; "com.apple.icns"; "image")
This function checks for a license.
Created 20th September 2014, last changed 9th November 2021
Clipboard.DetectFileMakerDataType - Clipboard.GetFileMakerData