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GET PICTURE FROM PASTEBOARD

GET PICTURE FROM PASTEBOARD ( picture )

ParameterTypeDescription
picturePicture🡘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