Assign test back to clipboard?

[kunkel321]

It looks like I can assign the text contents to a variable by way of Set Variable OldClipBrd with {ClipBoardContent}.
But then later can I put that text back on the clipboard?
I tried it like in the img, but it didn't seem to work.

[Oleg]

All system variables are read-only. So you can read the value but can not write new value.
In other words, system variables are some functions that return a value upon request.

To set new clipboard content use Put Text action

[kunkel321]

To set new clipboard content use Put Text action

That makes sense. Thanks Oleg. Hey can you (or somebody) please test this script? I think I might not be using Put Text correctly(?)

Assign a hotkey for a trigger. Then before running the Task, makes sure some original text is on your Windows clipboard. Then select a different second string of text, and activate the script. It should show three dialogs:

1. The original clipboard text,
2. Then the different second string,
3. Then the original clipboard text again.

Steps 1 and 2 work as expected, but step three is showing {myVar} again.

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;*****************************
;* RoboTask Task file
;* Do not edit in text editor!
;*****************************
 
[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|-1
CatID=INTEGER|327331060
Comment=STRINGLIST
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
DoNotStopWhenShutdown=INTEGER|0
Events=FOLDER
ExternalName=STRING|"Task3"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|2005690827
LogOnAsUser=INTEGER|1
Name=STRING|"Clipboard Tester"
OnErrorTaskID=INTEGER|-1
Priority=INTEGER|3
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3
UnicodeFormat=INTEGER|1
WriteGeneralLog=INTEGER|0

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER
Action5=FOLDER
Action6=FOLDER
Action7=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Stuff first on clipboard: {ClipBoardContent}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Stuff first on clipboard: {ClipBoardContent}"
msgcount=STRING|"1"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""OLDCLIPBRD"" with value ""{ClipBoardContent}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
expand=STRING|"0"
varname=STRING|"OLDCLIPBRD"
varvalue=STRING|"{ClipBoardContent}"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_CLIPBOARD_COPY"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Copy"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
mode=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_CLIPBOARD_GET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Get Text"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action4\Params]
variable=STRING|"MyVar"

[Actions\Action5]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Stuff just copied to clipboard: {MyVar}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action5\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Stuff just copied to clipboard: {MyVar}"
msgcount=STRING|"1"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action6]
ActionID=STRING|"A_CLIPBOARD_PUT"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Put OldClipBrd back on Clipboard"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action6\Params]
line0=STRING|"{OLDCLIPBRD}"
linecount=STRING|"1"
sourcetext=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action7]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Original stuff on clipboard? {ClipBoardContent}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action7\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Original stuff on clipboard? {ClipBoardContent}"
msgcount=STRING|"1"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Events]
Event1=FOLDER

[Events\Event1]
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
EventID=STRING|"E_GENERAL_HOTKEY"
Name=STRING|"Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T"
Params=FOLDER
UniqueID=INTEGER|-581013023

[Events\Event1\Params]
hotkey=STRING|"57428"

[Oleg]

corrected task below.
Save the text of the task to a file and use menu Task->Import to import the task into RoboTask.

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;*****************************
;* RoboTask Task file
;* Do not edit in text editor!
;*****************************
 
[Root]
ActionAfterRun=INTEGER|0
Actions=FOLDER
Automat=INTEGER|0
CatID=INTEGER|444033236
Comment=STRINGLIST
ContinueOnError=INTEGER|0
DoNotStopWhenShutdown=INTEGER|0
Events=FOLDER
ExternalName=STRING|"Task216"
Hide=INTEGER|0
ID=INTEGER|2005690827
LogOnAsUser=INTEGER|1
Name=STRING|"Clipboard Tester (v2)"
OnErrorTaskID=INTEGER|-1
Priority=INTEGER|3
RunOnClose=INTEGER|0
RunOnStartup=INTEGER|0
ToLog=INTEGER|3
UnicodeFormat=INTEGER|1
WriteGeneralLog=INTEGER|0

[Actions]
Action1=FOLDER
Action2=FOLDER
Action3=FOLDER
Action4=FOLDER
Action5=FOLDER
Action6=FOLDER
Action7=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Stuff first on clipboard: {#ClipBoardContent}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action1\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Stuff first on clipboard: {#ClipBoardContent}"
msgcount=STRING|"1"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action2]
ActionID=STRING|"A_VARIABLES_SET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Set variable ""OLDCLIPBRD"" with value ""{#ClipBoardContent}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action2\Params]
expand=STRING|"1"
varname=STRING|"OLDCLIPBRD"
varvalue=STRING|"{#ClipBoardContent}"

[Actions\Action3]
ActionID=STRING|"A_CLIPBOARD_COPY"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Copy"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action3\Params]
mode=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action4]
ActionID=STRING|"A_CLIPBOARD_GET"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Get Text"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action4\Params]
variable=STRING|"MyVar"

[Actions\Action5]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Stuff just copied to clipboard: {#MyVar}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action5\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Stuff just copied to clipboard: {#MyVar}"
msgcount=STRING|"1"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action6]
ActionID=STRING|"A_CLIPBOARD_PUT"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Put OldClipBrd back on Clipboard"
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action6\Params]
line0=STRING|"{#OLDCLIPBRD}"
linecount=STRING|"1"
sourcetext=STRING|"1"

[Actions\Action7]
ActionID=STRING|"A_DIALOG_MESSAGE"
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
Name=STRING|"Show ""Original stuff on clipboard? {#ClipBoardContent}"""
Params=FOLDER

[Actions\Action7\Params]
icon=STRING|"1"
msg0=STRING|"Original stuff on clipboard? {#ClipBoardContent}"
msgcount=STRING|"1"
playsound=STRING|"0"
showmessage=STRING|"1"

[Events]
Event1=FOLDER

[Events\Event1]
Enabled=INTEGER|-1
EventID=STRING|"E_GENERAL_HOTKEY"
Name=STRING|"Shift+Ctrl+Alt+T"
Params=FOLDER
UniqueID=INTEGER|1972981168

[Events\Event1\Params]
hotkey=STRING|"57428"

1. Look at the step #2.
   You should turn on Expand Variable now option
2. Look at the steps #1, #2, #5, #6, #7
   You should use # symbol before variable name. This is necessary to limit the depth of expanding variable. >>Read here please about this<<
   The problem is that the variable contains the text with other variables it can break the original text.
   Pay attention that step#4 copies to clipboard the text of current task. The task contains variable OLDCLIPBRD which already contains some other text. This text can contain variables too, and so on

[kunkel321]

Thanks for this by the way Oleg -- I'm only now having time to work on my project again.