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abjelly
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May 23, 2013
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how to clear clipboard

  • May 23, 2013
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As the title says, how do i clear the clipboard while scripting with copy/paste functions?

Because i am affraid for crashes because too much items are on the copy buffer

Thanks.

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CarlosCanto
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CarlosCantoCommunity Expert
Community Expert
May 23, 2013

deselect all and copy

app.activeDocument.selection = null;
app.copy();
    rcraighead
    rcraighead
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    July 22, 2019

    CarlosCanto​,

    Carlos, when I run this snippet from ESTK in AI CC 2015.3 (Mac) AI crashes.

    I've tried it on a new, blank document and other documents. Any ideas?

    I need to purge the system clipboard.

    CarlosCanto
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    CarlosCantoCommunity Expert
    Community Expert
    July 22, 2019

    hmm, I see that when you don't have anything selected the Copy function is not available in the UI. That might be the issue but it's not making the app crash on Windows and it is clearing the clipboard.

    try

    app.executeMenuCommand('copy') to see if works

    why purge? too much data? or trying to delete "sensitive" data?

    can you use keyboard maestro? maybe other apps can copy nothing

    is copying something else an option?

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