Alpha Anywhere provides the following CLIPBOARD methods. Prefix each method with the CLIPBOARD keyword.

Pastes copied controls from the clipboard onto the current or separate UX component.

Copies highlighted controls to the clipboard. The controls can then be pasted onto a separate UX component using the '[Paste Controls from Clipboard]' command. If you want to duplicate controls within a UX page use the '[Duplicate selected controls]' option.

Pastes an entry in the A5 Record clipboard into the record referenced by tbl_pointer.

The CLIPBOARD.CLEAR_DATA() method clears the Windows Clipboard.

Puts the current record (in the record referenced by tbl_pointer) on the A5 Record clipboard.

Allows the user to specify a name for the type of data stored on the clipboard.

The CLIPBOARD.SET_DATA() method puts the data in the variable, Data on the clipboard. You can specify the type of data with the optional Clipboard_Format parameter. See CLIPBOARD.GET_DATA() for a list of standard clipboard formats. You can register a new Clipboard_Format value with the CLIPBOARD.REGISTER_TYPE() method.

The CLIPBOARD.GET_DATA() method gets data from the clipboard and stores it in Variable. The type of data retrieved from the clipboard is determined by Clipboard_Format. You can register a new Clipboard_Format value with the CLIPBOARD.REGISTER_TYPE() method.

The CLIPBOARD.HAS_DATA() method returns .T. or .F. depending on whether the clipboard has data of the type specified by Clipboard Format.