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Get And Set Windows Clipboard

09.16.2005

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        From June Kim's <a href=http://aspn.activestate.com/ASPN/Cookbook/Python/Recipe/150115>recipe</a>.

import win32clipboard as w 
import win32con

def getText(): 
    w.OpenClipboard() 
    d=w.GetClipboardData(win32con.CF_TEXT) 
    w.CloseClipboard() 
    return d 
 
def setText(aType,aString): 
    w.OpenClipboard()
    w.EmptyClipboard()
    w.SetClipboardData(aType,aString) 
    w.CloseClipboard()

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