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win32clipboard.SetClipboardText() doesn't work

I have a Python script that reads the clipboard, processes the contents, and updates the clipboard with new information. Here's my code:

win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
toSearch = win32clipboard.GetClipboardData()
# Do stuff
win32clipboard.SetClipboardText(result)
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()

Reading the text afterward with GetClipboardData() returns the text I set to it, but a normal right-click+paste or control-v returns what was previously there. Is this a bug in pywin32 or am I doing something wrong?

Solution

  • This will works:

    result = 'Some Text'
win32clipboard.OpenClipboard()
win32clipboard.EmptyClipboard()
win32clipboard.SetClipboardText( result, win32clipboard.CF_TEXT )
win32clipboard.CloseClipboard()