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broenni
Paste from Clipboard
Sep 29th, 2009, 2:37am  
Hello

I was searching for a simple method to paste a string from the clipboard into my Processing App. Unfortunately I didn't find anything, so I hacked something together myself.
It worked in OS X Leopard with Processing 1.0.3.

Better methods and corrections are appreciated.

Cheers

Code:

import java.awt.datatransfer.*;

Clipboard clipboard = getToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
boolean comKey;
int comKeyCode = 157;  // on Mac: 157   // on Windows: ???

void setup() 
{
  size(600, 300);
  background(128);
  frameRate(25);
}

void draw() 
{
}

void keyPressed() 
{
if(keyCode == comKeyCode) comKey = true;
if(key == 'v' && comKey == true) println(getClipboard());
}

void keyReleased()
{
  if(keyCode == comKeyCode) comKey = false;
}


String getClipboard() 
{
String s = "";
  Transferable clipData = clipboard.getContents(clipboard);
  if (clipData != null) {
    try {
      if (clipData.isDataFlavorSupported (DataFlavor.stringFlavor)) {
        s = (String)(clipData.getTransferData(
        DataFlavor.stringFlavor));
      }
    } 
    catch (UnsupportedFlavorException ufe) {
      System.err.println("Flavor unsupported: " + ufe);
    } 
    catch (IOException ioe) {
      System.err.println("Data not available: " + ioe);
    }
  }
  return s;
}
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