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I think the clipboard is not working.

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I think the clipboard is not working.

 

I tell you, I restore an excel window that I already have open, I copy with {Control}({C}) the content of a cell that is a number, and I want to put that number as limit of number of times that a loop has to be repeated.

 

Then in the limit of the loop I put the variable of the clipboard and it doesn't work.

 

Then I ask it to show me in a message what content has the clipboard and I get that it does not have any content.

 

It is as if PAD could not access correctly to the clipboard, does anybody know how it can be solved?

 

Thank you very much for your time.

 

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  • ryule Profile Picture
    929 Super User 2024 Season 1 on at

    I'm not really sure that's the intended use of Clipboard.

    I would think you should "get details of UI element" or use an Excel action to get the number you want, and use that variable as your limit.

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    VJR Profile Picture
    7,635 on at

    If, as per your post, you already have the Excel window open then use the "Attach to running Excel" action and then use the "Read from Excel Worksheet" action for reading the value of the cell.

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