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clipboard.'''addText''' is a function that is part of the Clipboard Library.  
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clipboard.'''addText''' is a function that is part of the [[:Category:clipboard|clipboard]] functions.  
    
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<br>  
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The function sets the content of the clipboard, so it can be pasted somewhere else. <br>
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The function sets the content of the clipboard. <br>
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{{Since|3.0}}
 
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It accepts a string as input.<br>
      
== Syntax  ==
 
== Syntax  ==
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clipboard.'''addText'''(string)  
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clipboard.'''addText'''(text)  
    
{| class="wikitable"
 
{| class="wikitable"
 
|-
 
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! Parameter  
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! Parameter
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! Type
 
! Description
 
! Description
 
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| <u>string</u>  
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| <u><center>text</center></u>  
| String that you want to add to clipboad
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| string
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| The text you want to add to the clipboard
 
|}
 
|}
    
== Example  ==
 
== Example  ==
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<source lang="lua">--Clipboard test
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<source lang="lua">--Clipboard test : Setting "Hello" in the clipboard and displaying it.
    
function on.paint(gc)
 
function on.paint(gc)
clip = clipboard.getText()
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text = clipboard.getText()
gc:drawString(clip, 100, 100)
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gc:drawString(text, 100, 100, "top")
 
end
 
end
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function on.charIn(ch)
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function on.enterKey() -- event that fires when the user presses the enter key.
clipboard.addText(ch)
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clipboard.addText("Hello")
platform.window:invalidate() -- recall graph engine
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platform.window:invalidate() -- recall graph engine, i.e. call on.paint(gc)
 
end</source>  
 
end</source>  
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This code will read the content of the clipboard and print it on the screen. When you press a key, it will put the key value in the clipboard.  
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This code will read the content of the clipboard and print it on the screen. When you press the enter key, it will put "Hello" in the clipboard.  
    
== See also  ==
 
== See also  ==
   
*[[clipboard.getText|clipboard.getText]]
 
*[[clipboard.getText|clipboard.getText]]
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[[Category:clipboard|C]]
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[[Category:clipboard]]

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