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I already know how to get plain text from the clipboard in Java, but sometimes the text is encoded in some weird DataFlavor , like when copying from Microsoft Word or from a website or even source code from Eclipse. How to extract pure plain text from these DataFlavor s? Dragon8 import java.awt.HeadlessException; import java.awt.Toolkit; import java.awt.datatransfer.DataFlavor; import java.awt.datatransfer.UnsupportedFlavorException; import java.io.IOException; String data = (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit() .getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor); with the getData() Method

The SetClipboardData function requires a HANDLE reference; I'm having trouble converting my string for use in the function. Here is my code: char* output = "Test"; HLOCAL hMem = LocalAlloc( LHND,1024); char* cptr = (char*) LocalLock(hMem); memcpy( cptr, output, 500 ); SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hMem); LocalUnlock( hMem ); LocalFree( hMem ); CloseClipboard(); What am I doing wrong here and what's the proper way to do it? Thanks. Read the MSDN documentation for the SetClipboardData function. It appears you are missing a few steps and releasing the memory prematurely. First of all, you must call

Can anybody please tell me how to copy the text present in a particular textview to clipboard when a button is pressed? Thanx :) @Override protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.mainpage); textView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.textview); copyText = (Button) findViewById(R.id.bCopy); copyText.setOnClickListener(new View.OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View v) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub ClipboardManager clipboard = (ClipboardManager) getSystemService(CLIPBOARD_SERVICE); String getstring =

Say you've got an area selected in vim. How can you copy it into the OS X clipboard? (Hint: the OS X clipboard can be written to via pipe to /usr/bin/pbcopy ) Depending on which version of vim I use, I'm able to use the + register to access the clipboard. http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Mac_OS_X_clipboard_sharing may have some ideas that work for you as well. For MacVim and Windows Gvim, simply add the following to your ~/.vimrc : set clipboard=unnamed Now all operations such as yy , D , and P work with the clipboard. No need to prefix them with "* or "+ . If the clipboard is enabled, you can copy a

I have a problem with my extension. I want to paste data from the clipboard. So far, I've got this: function pasteAndGo() { document.execCommand('paste') alert("Pasted") } The alert comes up, but nothing has been pasted. I've got a feeling it's the document part that needs changing, but I don't know what to do. Any ideas? Boris Smus There used to be an experimental clipboard API in Chrome, but this was removed in Chrome 13. Chrome has moved towards the more standard document.execCommand('paste') , document.execCommand('copy') and document.execCommand('cut') commands: https://developer.mozilla