Monkeybread Software - MBS FileMaker Plugin: Component: Clipboard

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Component: Clipboard

Get and set clipboard text.

Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	iOS SDK
2.6 / 13.2	✅ Yes	✅ 95%	❌ No	❌ No	✅ 80%

Item	Details
Clipboard.AddText New in 13.2 Adds text to the clipboard.	Mac only 13.2
Clipboard.DetectFileMakerDataType Checks which type of data is in the XML.	Mac/Win 10.1
Clipboard.GetData Queries data from clipboard item.	Mac/Win/iOS 4.4
Clipboard.GetFileMakerData Queries the xml text of a FileMaker layout/script object.	Mac/Win 4.0
Clipboard.GetFiles Queries file paths on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 5.1
Clipboard.GetHTMLText Queries styled text from clipboard as HTML.	Mac/Win/iOS 6.0
Clipboard.GetPDF Queries PDF in the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 12.2
Clipboard.GetPicture Queries a picture from clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 6.3
Clipboard.GetRTFText Queries styled text from clipboard as RTF.	Mac/Win/iOS 5.0
Clipboard.GetStyledText Queries styled text from clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 5.0
Clipboard.GetText Queries clipboard content as text.	Mac/Win/iOS 2.6
Clipboard.GetTypes Queries the list of data types on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 4.0
Clipboard.SetFileMakerData Puts the xml text on the clipboard for a FileMaker layout/script object.	Mac/Win 4.0
Clipboard.SetFiles Puts a list of file paths on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 5.1
Clipboard.SetHTMLText Puts HTML data on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 6.0
Clipboard.SetPDF Puts PDF in the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 12.2
Clipboard.SetPicture Sets clipboard picture.	Mac/Win/iOS 6.3
Clipboard.SetRTFText Puts RTF data on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 5.0
Clipboard.SetStyledText Put styled text on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 5.0
Clipboard.SetText Sets the text on the clipboard.	Mac/Win/iOS 2.6

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These functions require a paid license (90%).

Release notes

Version 13.2
- Added Clipboard.AddText function.
- Improved Clipboard.GetTypes for Windows to report format list better.
Version 13.1
- Added Windows support for Clipboard.SetPDF and Clipboard.GetPDF functions.
- Fixed Clipboard.SetPicture to better pass transparency.
- Improved Clipboard.GetPicture to take JPEG, PNG or GIF directly from the clipboard if available. Falls back to bitmap if that is not available.
- Improved Clipboard.SetPicture to put PNG on the clipboard in addition to a bitmap for applications, that can read PNG forever.
Version 12.2
- Added Clipboard.GetPDF and Clipboard.SetPDF functions.
- Added Menu and MenuSet as types for Clipboard.DetectFileMakerDataType function.
Version 12.0
- Enhanced Clipboard.DetectFileMakerDataType and Clipboard.SetFileMakerData to recognize script folders.
Version 11.5
- Fixed crash in Clipboard.SetFileMakerData function.
Version 11.3
- Implemented Clipboard.GetStyledText and Clipboard.SetStyledText for Windows.
Version 10.4
- Improved text encoding handling for XML Parsing in XML functions, Menu.DefineQuickMenuXML and Clipboard functions.
Version 10.1
- Added auto mode for Clipboard.SetFileMakerData and Clipboard.GetFileMakerData functions.
- Added Clipboard.DetectFileMakerDataType function.
- Added handing of Strikethrough text attribute for styled text conversion from NSAttributedString to FileMaker. Affects WebView.GetFormattedText, Clipboard.GetStyledText, RichText.FormattedText and other functions.
Version 9.5
- Added checks to clipboard functions to return error on FileMaker Server to avoid side effects.
- Fixed problem on Windows with returning pictures, where Clipboard.GetPicture would return a flipped image.
- Fixed problem with Clipboard.GetPicture, when the picture comes without alpha channel.

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