Can a program access the clipboard?

[webmasterpdx]

Can you access the clipboard as a string from a program? I was thinking maybe there is a variable or a function call somewhere, but if it exists, I'm having difficulty find it...
Thx
-D

[eried]

I think there is no way, at least there is nothing in the calculator reference about the clipboard

[webmasterpdx]

Any HP people care to comment?
This is something that I can think of many uses for. It seems like it should be somewhere as the paste command shows the last several copy/cuts, so it's stored in something like a list of strings. It just needs to be accessible as a variable or a pretty simple function. i.e. If it isn't already available, it shouldn't be difficult to implement.

[Carlos295pz]

If you need this feature, you can use INPUT, as the command is integrated yes it will allow copy/paste.

[cyrille de brébisson]

Hello,

Sorry, no there is no HPPL functions to access the clipboard.

Cyrille

[webmasterpdx]

I was trying to avoid using INPUT, but maybe I can integrate a dummy call to input.... Thx.
-D

[DrD]

Ask Tim for a CALL() command, that shell's out to an external program and returns a result to hppl. (In a future release, if any)!

a:=PI;
b:=CALL(c:/python.numpy.py,sin(a)); ==> (similar to this idea)