.. highlightlang:: us

.. index:: GetClipboardText

.. _getclipboardtext:

GetClipboardText
================

.. us.tag  GetClipboardText ENGLISH FILE_MISC New320 clipboard

 :ref:`GetClipboardText` gets text from the clipboard.

.. function::  ssText = GetClipboardText()

.. us.return

**Return Value**

*ssText* contains the text from the clipboard. If an error occurred or the
clipboard is empty the function returns an empty string.

.. us.example

**Example**

::

   ssText = GetClipboardText();

.. seealso::
   :ref:`overview-files`,
   :ref:`overview-clipboard`,
   :ref:`SetClipboardText`,
   :ref:`SetClipboardObject`

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