Is there a way to paste text that was copy using 'select all' into a variable?

There are lots of ways you can do this, but it's hard to discern exactly which one you might want.  Can you give a little background about what you are trying to do?  Do you have one application open that you've copied from and another you want to paste into?  Could it be as simple as  you need to set focus to the element you're pasting into and emulate a Ctrl-V?

Hi Bert,



I'll describe,i want to perform a text search,i'm basically testing the search for text in document function.our application display the document so what i need to do is take all the display text(NOTE:the text you see is the text TC see because there could be more text related to the document but TC won't see it because it's not in the view,only if you'll scroll down TC will see it but then it won't see the text before it and so on,it's a dynamically created text to make performance better)select random substring from this text and search for the substring in the document.

right now,in order to get all the text i'm using 'select all' (CTRL+A) and right click on the text and copy.



i'll be happy to get more reliable way of getting all the text and get a substring out of it.



Thanks 

Hi Ofer,



You can use the Sys.Clipboard property to retrieve the text from the clipboard. Then, you can write your text to a file or create a file and write the text from the clipboard to it. To check whether a file exists, use the aqFile.Exists method. To create a file, use the aqFile.Create method. To write text to a file, use the aqFileInfo.WriteToTextFile method.



See the following sample script:

...

//Path to a file

var PathToFile = "C:\\TempFile.txt";



//Use this code line to call the PasteFromClipboardExample function

PasteFromClipboardExample(PathToFile); 

...



//Pastes the text from the clipboard to the specified file

function PasteFromClipboardExample(PathToFile)

{

  //Checks whether the file exists

  if (!aqFile.Exists(PathToFile)) {

    //Creates the file 

    if (aqFile.Create(PathToFile) == 0)

      Log.Message("Target file " + PathToFile + " was created.");

    else

      Log.Error("The file was not created.");

  }



  //Writes the text from the clipboard to the file

  if (aqFileSystem.GetFileInfo(PathToFile).WriteToTextFile(Sys.Clipboard, aqFile.ctUTF8) == true)

    Log.Message("The text from the clipboard has been written to file '" + PathToFile + "' successfully.");

  else

    Log.Error("The text from clipboard has not been written to file '" + PathToFile + "'.");   

}

Hi David,



I have found a way to search the text for specific substring but,how can i make sure the substring has truly been found in the text.i can see it selected but i want a return value to make sure it's truly been found.

here is the function i'm using:




//USEUNIT SelectSpecificPage

//USEUNIT Math





//Performing text search in a document

function SearchTextInADocument()

  {

  //Get the number of display documents

  NumberOfDocuments = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["WPFObject"]("Grid", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentViewTabControl")["WPFObject"]("ScrollableTabControlScreen")["ChildCount"] - 4

  //Run over each document to perform a text search

  for(i = 1; i <= NumberOfDocuments; i++)

    {

    //Get the document name and click it

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["WPFObject"]("Grid", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentViewTabControl")["WPFObject"]("ScrollableTabControlScreen")["WPFObject"]("TabItem", "", i)["Click"]()    

    //Get document index

    DocumentIndex = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["WPFObject"]("Grid", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentViewTabControl")["WPFObject"]("ScrollableTabControlScreen")["WPFObject"]("TabItem", "", i)["WPFControlIndex"]

    //Get the name to drag and drop      

    TabName = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["WPFObject"]("Grid", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentViewTabControl")["WPFObject"]("ScrollableTabControlScreen")["WPFObject"]("TabItem", "", i)["Header"]["Title"]["OleValue"]

    Log["Message"]("Clicking document " + TabName)    

//    //Get all childrens

//    var Childrens = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["DocumentGrid"]["DocumentGridPage1"]["Border"]["DocumentPageView"]["DocumentPageHost"]["FixedPage"]["WPFObject"]("LINK_"  + (DocumentIndex + 1))["WPFObject"]("Canvas", "", 1)["FindAllChildren"]("WPFControlText", "*", 5);    

//    var Childrens = (new VBArray(Childrens))["toArray"]();

//    CanvasCount = Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["WPFObject"]("Grid", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentViewTabControl")["WPFObject"]("ScrollableTabControlScreen")["WPFObject"]("DockPanel", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("ContentControl", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentDialog", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("Grid", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("docViewer")["WPFObject"]("DocumentGrid")["WPFObject"]("DocumentGridPage", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("Border", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentPageView", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("DocumentPageHost", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("FixedPage", "", 1)["WPFObject"]("LINK_" + (DocumentIndex + 1))["WPFObject"]("Canvas", "", 1)["ChildCount"]

//    //Get text peace to search for specific selected document

//    CanavasToSelect = Math["RandomInt"](1, CanvasCount)

    //Select all the text from the document

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["Keys"]("^a");

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["Keys"]("^c");

//    //Right click to select copy

//    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["DocumentGrid"]["DocumentGridPage1"]["Border"]["DocumentPageView"]["DocumentPageHost"]["FixedPage"]["ClickR"]();

//    //Moves the mouse cursor to the menu item specified and then simulates a single click.

//    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["PopupMenu"]["Click"]("Copy");

    //Get all the text display in the document

    Text = Sys["Clipboard"]

    //Get the text lengh

    TextLengh = aqString["GetLength"](Text)

    //Set start position to serahc from

    SearchStartPosition = Math["RandomInt"](1, TextLengh - 100)

    //Get the text to serahc

    TextLenghToSearch = Math["RandomInt"](1, 100)    

    //Get the random sub string

    SubStringToSearch = aqString["SubString"](Text, SearchStartPosition, TextLenghToSearch)

    //Logging the sub string to search

    Log["Message"]("Searching for substring " + SubStringToSearch + ".In document " + TabName)

    //Click the search field

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["FindToolbar"]["FindTextBoxBorder"]["StackPanel"]["FindTextBoxGrid"]["FindTextBox"]["Click"]();

    //Click select all and delete

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["FindToolbar"]["FindTextBoxBorder"]["StackPanel"]["FindTextBoxGrid"]["FindTextBox"]["Keys"]("^a[Del]");     

//    //DBClick on 'FindTextBox' object.

//    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["FindToolbar"]["FindTextBoxBorder"]["StackPanel"]["FindTextBoxGrid"]["FindTextBox"]["DblClick"]();

    //Enters 'The Text To Search' in the 'FindTextBox' object.

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["FindToolbar"]["FindTextBoxBorder"]["StackPanel"]["FindTextBoxGrid"]["FindTextBox"]["Keys"](SubStringToSearch);

    //Clicks the 'FixedPage' object.    

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["DocumentGrid"]["DocumentGridPage1"]["Border"]["DocumentPageView"]["DocumentPageHost"]["FixedPage"]["Click"](377, 17);

    //Enters '^[Home]' in the 'docViewer' object.

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["Keys"]("^[Home]");

    //Click the 'Find Next' button

    Aliases["FusionDesktop"]["HwndSource_MainWindow"]["MainWindow"]["Grid"]["TabControl"]["Grid"]["ContentPanel"]["PART_SelectedContentHost"]["Grid"]["DocumentViewTabControl"]["ScrollableTabControlScreen"]["DockPanel"]["ContentControl"]["DocumentDialog"]["Grid"]["docViewer"]["FindToolbar"]["FindTextBoxBorder"]["StackPanel"]["WPFObject"]("FindNextButton")["Click"]()

               

    }  

  }

Hi Ofer,





As I see, the M0099753 support case you started seems to consider the same question, so let's continue working on it there, because that case contains more information on the text selection task.