Get from clipboard --> can´t get an image

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Hi community,

I try to get an image from my clipboard to a variable in an automation. The image is from snippingTool.
therefore I got two paths:

  1. Assign:
  • image = clipboard.getimage
    → validation error: Compiler error(s) encountered processing expression “clipboard.GetImage”.
    Der Typ “Clipboard” ist nicht definiert.
  1. Get From Clipboard:

the process works, if there is a text in my clipboard instead of an image.

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@DennisWeber
assumed the image is in the clipboard give a try on
grafik

output set to Datatype image
Targettype: System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard

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@ppr:
Thanks for your fast response.

Which activity do I have to choose to insert this result in an excel sheet? The Result of the invoke method is the variable “image” .system.drawing.image
image

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Can you please first confirm if the invoke method is working? Thanks
You can test with a save image activity

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@DennisWeber
Create variable Image of variable type system.drawing.image…and then assign

Image=System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetImage
then use save image activity to store image and pass image variable and path in it…

image

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Yes it works. I get an image file with the clipboard image.

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HI @monika.c

When i tried this method got the following error in the assign activity : "Clipboard is not a member of ’ Forms’ " .

Please help

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@Arunvs2007

close your xaml file and open your xaml file in notepad and add namespace…

AssemblyReference>System.Windows.Forms</AssemblyReference

then close notepad and open your project and run it.

image

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Thank you that worked

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perfect.
Back to my second question:
How can we insert this image into excel for example?

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@DennisWeber

1.open your excel file using start process activity. (In that give full path of your excel file)
2.Then use hotkey control+v …it will directly paste your clipboard image into the excel sheet.

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Hi @DennisWeber,

To Paste the image inside excel you can use the below activity.

Regards
Balamurugan.S