PCB Skill variable saved to Windows clipboard

 First you will need a Windows program that takes a string and puts it into the Windows clipboard. You could write one yourself or use an existing one such as: clip.exe that comes with Windows Server 2003or nircmd.exe.

I chose the clip.exe method. I downloaded clip.exe and put it in the C:\windows directory, but anywhere in the path would probably work. Attached is a skill file that does what you require. The checking is not very good, but perhaps one of the skill gurus on this forum can fix that up. I have tried this on Windows XP SP3, but not on Win 7.

 /* envvar2clp.il - writes an environment variable to the Windows clipboard
   Written by: Brian Collins 2012 11 23
   You need to download the "clip.exe" file from Win Server 2K3 and put it in C:\windows
*/

axlCmdRegister( "envvar2clp" 'envvar2clp )

defun( envvar2clp ( var_Name )

var_Text = axlGetVariable( var_Name )
if(var_Text == nil then
   sprintf(err_Msg "%s env var does not exist!" var_Name)
   axlUIConfirm(err_Msg)
else
   sprintf( var_FileName "tmp_%s.txt" var_Name)
   var_Port = axlDMOpenFile( "temp" var_FileName "w" )
   fprintf( var_Port "%s\n" var_Text )
   axlDMClose(var_Port)

   sys_CallString=strcat("clip " "< " var_FileName) ;<- This assumes that you have the "clip.exe" file in the path.
   result_SystemCall=system(sys_CallString)

   deleteFile(var_FileName)
   ) ;end if

) ; end defun envvar2clp

That's a great find!

In Windows 7 clip.exe is already there so no download is needed.

You can try this slightly simpler code:

defun( envvar2clp ( var_Name )

if(axlGetVariable(var_Name)

then system(sprintf(nil, "echo %%%s%% | clip", var_Name))

else axlUIConfirm(sprintf(nil "%s env var does not exist!", var_Name))

) ;end if

) ; end defun envvar2clp

 Thanks eDave! I don't do enough coding to be elegant...

 Brian