Re: Grabbing a string that's already been created in one .vbs file and doing stuff with it in a second .vbs file

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"Larry" <larry328NOSPAM@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The script you've linked me to, by which a string is transferred to the
Clipboard, won't help me. I already know how to put a string in the
Clipboard, and in fact, my first .vbs file begins with the desired text
already in the clipboard, and I make it into a string.

Here's the idea. I have text in the clipboard, which I'm planning to paste
somewhere. But then I realize that before I can paste it, I've got to copy
something else to the clipboard. I don't want to have the initial text
wiped
out before I've had the chance to paste it, so I make it into a string
for
the interim. Then, after I've done the other operation which has put other
text in the clipboard, I want to retrieve the string I created, and turn
it
back into Clipboard contents so that I can paste it.

The problem is that by the time I get to that last step, the .vbs file
where
the string was created is no longer running since I have switched to a
different application where I was performing other tasks. Therefore the
retrieval of the string must be done from a second .vbs file. So my
question is, having created a string in .vbs file 1, how do I then
retrieve
that string using .vbs file 2?

To sum up:

1. In .vbs file 1, Clipboard contents is made into string sText.

2. Then I do other stuff in another application, involving putting some
other contents into Clipboard.

3. (This is the part I need help with.) Now I want to run .vbs file 2,
with
which I retrieve sText from .vbs file 1, and turn it into Clipboard
contents
so that I can paste it.

Your explanation makes it a lot clearer. Using the steps you posted, here is
a simple solution:

1. In .vbs file 1, Clipboard contents is made into string sText, then write
sText into a temp file.

2. Then I do other stuff in another application, involving putting some
other contents into Clipboard.

3. Run vbs file 2 to retrieve sText from the temp file and to turn it into
Clipboard
contents so that I can paste it.


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