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Started by beetle120 , Oct 15 2010 01:12 AM

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Hi I am new to AutoHotkey. Just want to know if is it possible to convert text from MS Word text in the clipboard to HTML code to put into a string. I would like to have the same sort of text that can be generated if you paste the text from Word in to the design tab in Dreamweaver and then view the code it generates.

Is this possible and if so how is it done?

Thanks
#1 - Posted 15 October 2010 - 01:12 AM
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#2 - Posted 17 October 2010 - 08:53 PM
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Probably can be done. Do you have an example of what you want?
#3 - Posted 17 October 2010 - 09:58 PM
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Probably can be done. Do you have an example of what you want?

Thanks for you response. At my work we have an in house program that uses a simple HTML editor. All of the work that we put into this program is from Word that we copy/paste and manually format ourself adding all the
  • and some class tags to match the formatting in the Word document (a very time consuming task). What I am thinking, to speed up this process, is from the clipboard (from the copy) find and replace the Word formatting using AutoHotkey to the simple HTML and the other tags we use before putting the string back in the clipboard ready for the paste.

    I am not sure of the method that that windows uses to copy formatting to the clipboard. I am hoping that it is possible to get access to the HTML formatted text like what Dreamweaver has when you copy a word document in, so it would be easy to use find/replace to convert to simple HTML.

#4 - Posted 18 October 2010 - 02:21 AM
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SetClipboardData and GetClipboardData functions by PhiLho

The keyword that you need: HTML Format

GetClipboardData( "[color=darkred]HTML Format[/color]", Data )
VarSetCapacity( Data, -1 )
MsgBox, % Data

#5 - Posted 18 October 2010 - 02:56 AM
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Thanks a lot for that, I will give it a shot when a get a chance.
#6 - Posted 18 October 2010 - 03:41 AM
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OK I am still confused. I feel like I am jumping in the deep end without first learning how to swim.

If I wanted to get copied part of a Word document's HTML into a message box what code do I need? Do I need more then one .ahk file or can they link if so how (you can tell that I am completely new at this). All I have got so far is an empty message box and a message box containing unusable gibberish.

Thanks a lot.
#7 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 12:55 AM
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Post whatever you have tried.. Ask-for-help topic cannot continue without actual code.
#8 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 12:58 AM
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All I have so far is the Set and Get of the ClipboardData function and the included message boxes that was in a earlier post

[color=#909BAB][ Moderator!: Edited out ][/color]

The first two message boxes are blank and the 3rd has gibberish when I copy a word document or just blank when copying from a text document.
#9 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 01:48 AM
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3rd has gibberish


When the msgbox is active, you can do a ctrl+c to copy the msgbox contents to the clipboard.

Post the 'gibberish' here.

For example: When I copy the last two lines of your previous post, this is what I get:

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Gui0.ahk
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Version:0.9

StartHTML:0000000170

EndHTML:0000001080

StartFragment:0000000208

EndFragment:0000001042

SourceURL:http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=63672

<html>

<body>

<!--StartFragment-->

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: medium; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px; ">[color=blue]The first two message boxes are blank and the 3rd has gibberish when I copy a word document or just blank when copying from a text document.[/color]</span></span>

<!--EndFragment-->

</body>

</html>
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OK   
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#10 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 02:00 AM
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What I get when I copy the same 2 lines it is:

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Test.ahk
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#11 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 02:56 AM
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Which version of AutoHotkey are you using?

Edit:

Okay! You are using Unicode...
I can rewrite it if you can allow me one day.
#12 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 03:01 AM
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Which version of AutoHotkey are you using?


Version v1.0.48.05.L61 I just downloaded it not long ago

Edit:

Okay! You are using Unicode...
I can rewrite it if you can allow me one day.


I would love that. Thank You so much :D
#13 - Posted 20 October 2010 - 03:27 AM
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ClipboardGet_HTML( byref Data ) { ; www.autohotkey.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=392624#392624
 If CBID := DllCall( "RegisterClipboardFormat", Str,"HTML Format", UInt )
  If DllCall( "IsClipboardFormatAvailable", UInt,CBID ) <> 0
   If DllCall( "OpenClipboard", UInt,0 ) <> 0
    If hData := DllCall( "GetClipboardData", UInt,CBID, UInt )
       DataL := DllCall( "GlobalSize", UInt,hData, UInt )
     , pData := DllCall( "GlobalLock", UInt,hData, UInt )
     , VarSetCapacity( data, dataL * ( A_IsUnicode ? 2 : 1 ) ), StrGet := "StrGet"
     , A_IsUnicode ? Data := %StrGet%( pData, dataL, 0 )
                   : DllCall( "lstrcpyn", Str,Data, UInt,pData, UInt,DataL )
     , DllCall( "GlobalUnlock", UInt,hData )
 DllCall( "CloseClipboard" )
Return dataL ? dataL : 0
}

If ClipboardGet_HTML( Data )
     MsgBox, % Data
Else SoundBeep

#14 - Posted 21 October 2010 - 01:19 AM
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It works perfectly. Thank you so much. :D
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