Clear the “TA clipboard” prior to assigning new text to it. >Run Test- TA 7.0<

[Petra]

I was using multiple “TA clipboard” commands throughout the automated script to move data from one file to another (like one does with “windows clipboard” However the second time I went to copy text to the “TA clipboard” TA would not copy the new text, but kept the old text. At first I had a complicated script so I spent hrs thinking it was a mistake on my part.

I then created a two line script,
1) Copy text old to “TA clipboard”
2) Copy new text to “Ta Clipboard”
3) “Ctrl V” text to file (Expected new text pasted… Error>> old text pasted as well)

In order for this to work I have to use the “clear clipboard” before I can copy new text to the clipboard again. This is bizarre !!! If you have a clipboard function it should work exactly like windows clipboard. You never have to manually clear the “windows clipboard” before you copy something else to the clipboard.

[KMuller]

I never use the TA clipboard but I've read of others having similar troubles.

Have you tried using 'Prompt-Assignment'? That's what I assign all my variables to, never really have problems with it. Or create local variables when you need more than one.

[Petra]

Thanks KMuller for the response. I worked around the issue also, but its annoying to have a ”feature” named like a standard window function and have it work differently with no explanations of the limitation

[forumstaff]

Hi Petra,

Have you tried inserting 'Delay' between the the two 'Clipboard' commands.

Kindly advise.

[Petra]

Thanks for getting back to me. Yes I had a two second delay. The point is that the old data in the TA clipboard is not cleared before asigning new data to the TA clipboard. I had to manualy clear it to get just the new data into the clipboard, thats all I was pointing out

[forumstaff]

Thanks for the note Petra. Can you forward the test script which was not clearing the clipboard values on assigning new value.

We would like to re-create the scenario at our end using the same test script as you did.

Regards.

[Petra]

File attached

[forumstaff]

Thanks Petra for the file.