Java Clipboard error (error)?
I have a program that opens a program, then copies and pastes a line into the program, and after a while, it copies the line from the program to the clipboard using the ctrl + c robot. My program then checks if the copied string contains a word, but instead of checking the newly copied string, it uses the previously copied start string. Here's some code:
new ProcessBuilder("pathToProgram").start();
copy(STRING1);
paste();
Thread.sleep(x);
//Move mouse to a position
//robot uses ctrl+a
copy();
Thread.sleep(100);
clipboardData = (String) Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getSystemClipboard().getData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
system.out.println(clipboardData);
if(clipboardData.contains(String2){
//do some stuff
}
The system.out value only outputs the String1 value, not the string2 value. Thanks for your help.
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Assuming your copy () method sets the clipboard text, I have the same problem and found a strange workaround.
Java clipboard ignores user copy unless SwingUtilities.invokeLater ()
I can get a clipboard text that will always show whatever the user has copied there at any time. But if I programmatically create the clipboard text, then after that everything I get from the clipboard, except when I postpone other clipboard text, getting through SwingUtilities.invokeLater () once, then the clipboard text becomes fine again ... Then I can break it down again and "fix" it again.
I have no idea why this is the case, which is why the question I just posted (see link).
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