Summary

Example extract

Clear clipboards 1,2 and 3:

Load all clipboards defined in the default clipboards file:

Load clipboards 1,2 and 3 from the default clipboards file:

Save all clipboards into the file specified by the user from the Save Clipboards dialogue:

Syntax (7.69a)

The multiple clipboards are completely separate from 3B2's existing clipboards and loaded with content when 3B2 starts. The content is sourced from a file called sclip.3l which is located in the 3B2 executable directory. If this file does not exist, no content is loaded into the clipboards. This file is in the multiple clipboards format which is also compatible with the 3B2 library format. For example, the data from clipboard files can be loaded into a document as tags using tdldtag.

The dialogue box has a list on the left hand side that displays all currently available clipboards, clicking on a clipboard from this list will cause the contents to be displayed in the and tab text areas. The text area displays a description of the clipboard and its contents in an easy to read format. The area will not display the content of Graphics types or encrypted clipboards. The tab text area displays the raw clipboard data.

Clicking the Clear button will immediately clear the currently selected clipboard. Clicking the Copy to Windows button will copy the content of the currently selected clipboard to the Windows system clipboard (this last feature is, obviously, specific to Windows versions of 3B2).

For all clipboards the Load and Save buttons will open a dialogue box allowing the user to select a file which shall then be used to either load or save all clipboard definitions. The default clipboard filename is sclip.3l. The Done button exits the dialogue box.