GetClipboardValue

This activity helps the user to retrieve and store the data in the “Clipboard”.

Technical Reference

 

 

 

 

 

MISC

Display Name: Displays the name of the activity. The activity name can be customized which will help in troubleshooting.

SkipOnError: Specify the Boolean value as “True or False.”
True: Continues to execute the workflow irrespective of any error thrown.
False: Stops the workflow if it throws any error.
None: If the option is specified as blank, by default the activity will perform the “False” action.

Version: It specifies the version of the FS automation feature in use

 

OUTPUT

ClipBoardValue: It helps to view the output of the activity as the data retrieved from the clipboard in “String” format.

 

This field returns the output in “String” datatype.

Result: It helps to view the execution state of the activity. It returns the values in Boolean format.
True: It indicates that the activity has been executed successfully without any error.
False: It indicates that the activity has been unsuccessful due to some unexceptional error thrown.

* Represents mandatory Fields to execute the workflow

Here’s an example of how the activity works –

In the following activity, I am going to retrieve the data from the Clipboard using the
“GetclipboardValue” activity.

Steps to execute a bot: 

1.       Open an existing workflow or create a new workflow.

2.       Drag and drop the “GetClipBoardValue” activity to the workflow and set it as
start node.

3.       Navigating to the “ClipBoardValue” in the output of the properties section
to declare a variable to view the output.

a.       There are two ways to create a variable-

b.       Method 1 – Click on the "ClipBoardValue" property within the activity and
enter the variable name. In this case, we are using " CV." Then,
press "Ctrl+Q," which is a shortcut key to create a variable.

c.       Method 2 - Click on the Variables pane and enter the name " Output."
Then, in the "Variable Types" column, select "String" from the dropdown
menu.

4.       Now, placing the “Writelog” activity to the workflow.

a.       Here I am providing the input string as “CV”.

5.       Save and execute the workflow.

Below is the sample output of the activity.

The bot executes the activity, retrieves the recent activity from the
clipboard and displays in the output window.