SIMPLE_CLIPBOARD - Documentation

Overview

SIMPLE_CLIPBOARD provides simple clipboard access for Eiffel applications on Windows. It uses inline C with Win32 API calls and is SCOOP-compatible.

Key Features

Get and set text from Windows clipboard
Check clipboard contents
Clear clipboard
Thread-safe operations

Quick Start

<library name="simple_clipboard" location="$SIMPLE_CLIPBOARD/simple_clipboard.ecf"/>

Basic Usage

local
    cb: SIMPLE_CLIPBOARD
do
    create cb

    -- Copy to clipboard
    cb.set_text ("Hello, World!")

    -- Paste from clipboard
    if attached cb.text as t then
        print (t)
    end
end

API Reference

Feature	Description
`text: detachable STRING_32`	Get clipboard text
`set_text (str)`	Set clipboard text
`has_text: BOOLEAN`	Check if clipboard has text
`is_empty: BOOLEAN`	Check if clipboard is empty
`clear`	Clear clipboard
`copy_text (str)`	Alias for set_text
`paste: detachable STRING_32`	Alias for text
`format_count: INTEGER`	Number of formats available
`last_operation_succeeded: BOOLEAN`	Status of last operation