Library /sys$common/syshlp/tpuhelp.hlb GET_CLIPBOARD  *Conan The Librarian (sorry for the slow response - running on an old VAX)

  GET_CLIPBOARD

     Reads STRING format data from the clipboard and returns a string
     containing this data.

     Syntax

     string := GET_CLIPBOARD

  Parameters

     string               The data read from the clipboard.  Line breaks are
                          indicated by a linefeed character (ASCII (10)).

  Example

     The following statement reads what is currently in the clipboard and
     assigns it to the variable "new_string".

     the_string := GET_CLIPBOARD;