GET PICTURE FROM PASTEBOARD

GET PICTURE FROM PASTEBOARD ( picture )

Parameter	Type		Description
picture	Picture	←	Picture extracted from pasteboard

Description

GET PICTURE FROM PASTEBOARD returns the picture present in the pasteboard in the picture field or variable.

Note: In the case of copy/paste operations, the pasteboard is equivalent to the Clipboard.

Example

The following button’s object method assigns the picture (jpeg or gif format) present in the pasteboard (if any) to the field [Employees]Photo:

 If((Pasteboard data size("com.4d.private.picture.jpeg")>0)|(Pasteboard data size("com.4d.private.picture.gif")>0))
    GET PICTURE FROM PASTEBOARD([Employees]Photo)
 Else
    ALERT("The pasteboard does not contain any pictures.")
 End if

System variables and sets

If the picture is correctly extracted, OK is set to 1; otherwise OK is set to 0.

See also

GET PASTEBOARD DATA
Get text from pasteboard
Pasteboard data size

Properties

Command number	522
Thread safe	✗
Modifies variables	OK