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| def get_clipboard_data(): | |
| """ | |
| Get data from the clipboard | |
| *Arguments:* | |
| * ``None`` | |
| *Keyword Arguments:* | |
| * ``None`` | |
| *Returns:* | |
| * ``None`` | |
| *Author:* | |
| * randall.hess, 4/24/2017 4:33:06 PM | |
| """ | |
| data = None | |
| kernel32 = ctypes.windll.kernel32 | |
| user32 = ctypes.windll.user32 | |
| user32.OpenClipboard(0) | |
| CF_TEXT = 1 | |
| if user32.IsClipboardFormatAvailable(CF_TEXT): | |
| hClipMem = user32.GetClipboardData(CF_TEXT) | |
| kernel32.GlobalLock.restype = ctypes.c_char_p | |
| data = kernel32.GlobalLock(hClipMem) | |
| kernel32.GlobalUnlock(hClipMem) | |
| user32.CloseClipboard() | |
| if isinstance(data, str): | |
| return data | |
| elif hasattr(data, 'decode'): | |
| data = value.decode(sys.getfilesystemencoding()) | |
| return data | |
| else: | |
| return '' | |
| user32.CloseClipboard() | |
| return data |
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