Clipboard to text file

[rgdot]

This I guess is not a request but a noob question 

Running AHK, compiled a exe, what is missing from

#Persistent
OnClipboardChange:
FileAppend, %clipboard%, ‪C:\Users\RG\Desktop\clip1.txt
return

to keep all copied text in the text file?

[skwire]

It works here for me.  However, you're trying to write to a UAC-protected folder so you will have to have either have admin rights or run the executable with admin rights.  Alternately, you could write to a non-UAC-protected folder.  Also, I'd add a CRLF when writing out the clipboard contents like this:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. FileAppend, %clipboard%`r`n, ‪C:\Users\RG\Desktop\clip1.txt

[rgdot]

Desktop is UAC protected?  Moved it to Documents and doesn't work either.

Strange.

[skwire]

Did you try running it with admin rights?

[rgdot]

Yes I did, not really sure what is going on, I will try other ready made scripts and see if I can get any hints. My fault for spending more time on windows again 

[rgdot]

For example something as simple as this works fine

Capslock::Shift
return

[MilesAhead]

This I guess is not a request but a noob question 

Running AHK, compiled a exe, what is missing from

#Persistent
OnClipboardChange:
FileAppend, %clipboard%, ‪C:\Users\RG\Desktop\clip1.txt
return

to keep all copied text in the text file?

-rgdot (October 25, 2016, 04:09 PM)

I don't know if it makes any difference but the thing I notice where your script differs from the example is the example has a Return directly after the #Persistent directive.  Also I would probably use the A_EventInfo to find out if the clipboard data is of type text.

[rgdot]

I believ %Clipboard% is already Text type %ClipboardAll% would be other formats

[rgdot]

As expected something trivial was needed

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. FileAppend, %clipboard%`r`n, ‪C:\Users\RG\Desktop\clip1.txt

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. FileAppend, %clipboard%`r`n, %A_WorkingDir%\clip1.txt

Thanks guys

[MilesAhead]

I believ %Clipboard% is already Text type %ClipboardAll% would be other formats

-rgdot (October 26, 2016, 09:56 PM)

True.  Also you can test %ClipBoard% for blank.  I think there is an unwritten rule stuff cannot work the first time.  Once you get things fixed they often look pretty close to what you started with.