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Greetings, everyone! Already broke my head how to run the elementary loop to copy text from the program and paste text.
The task is as simple as possible, I want the system to select the text in a specified field where it is always different and paste it into another field. But no matter how I searched for such an option could not find, and using the hotkeys does not work as it should. Please help me understand!

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Agnius Bartninkas Most Valuable Professional on at

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Instead of using Copy and Paste (like a human would) try thinking more like a bot. Use Get details of element in window (if this is a local app and not a web page) to read the data and then use Populate text field in window to write it.

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I am working on a remote desktop without PowerAutomateAgent, so I cannot work with this window to its fullest extent.
I've got the {Control}({C}) and {Control}({V}) functions figured out a bit here, but when I try to insert text after clicking on the insert area this phrase "MouseAndKeyboard.SendMouseClick.ClickA" is inserted, not the text I selected.
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Is your clipboard synced with the remote desktop? Are you sure you are targetting the actual window when you send the Ctrl+C?
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I assume it's synchronized, because every once in a while I manage to line up the right sequence to paste the text I want. Before pasting, however, I need the text to be pasted as an addition, so I queue another mouse click, deselecting the entire previous text with the mouse - and it's this action that causes me to get an error for some reason.
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Probably there is a problem in the synchronization, I do not rule it out. How do you fix it?
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Yes, now I made sure that the text is not copied again, I do not understand what these changes depend on, because I do not make global edits. The whole process takes place in one window, that is, I select the text, then the command ctrl + C, then in the same window but in another field, I select the area and ctrl + V. It seems to be elementary, but for 3 hours I can not set it in this program.
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Have you tried using keystrokes to navigate to the other field? Such as the Tab key?
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I haven't tried it, but I had no trouble switching to another field. I did have trouble implementing the copy and paste function.
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There is something that obviously interferes with your copy and paste procedure. It's not like the Ctrl+C and Ctrl+V do not work. It's something inbetween the actions that mess up your clipboard contents. So, that's where you need to look. Sending {Control}({C}) and then {Control}({V}) works. I've tried that numerous times and I know it works.

What you might need is some delay between these actions. Maybe clearing your clipboard before you copy and then checking the contents to see if they're not empty before pasting. And then also making sure there is nothing that interferes witg the flow between copying and pasting.
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Just curisosity, did you try "Send Text as Hardware Keys" = True?