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#Paste Function

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    17-May-88 16:13:41
Sb: #Paste Function
Fm: Ray Lambert 76077,1653
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I am writing a program in which I would like to implement a 'Paste' function. This function would take an ASCII string, in this case it is the result of a calculation, and send it to another application to appear in some data field. The program will be a Pop-Up (like PopCLI) where the user will press a key to activate it. It can also be run as a non-resident program. I am interested in getting some opinions on what the best method is to achieve this. It sounds like a task that may be more complicated than what it's worth… unless someone has some great secret that I've missed 🙂 Someone has suggested using clipboard.device, but I don't see how that will work. Wouldn't the target program have to KNOW that it has to retrieve something from the clipboard? Wouldn't that have to be specifically programmed-in to the target program?? I'd like to hear any ideas you may have…. Thanx!