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Attachmate.Reflection.Objects Library / Attachmate.Reflection.Objects.Productivity Library / Productivity Object / ScratchPadContentsAsText Property
Example
ScratchPadContentsAsText Property
Gets the contents of the Scratch Pad as text.
Syntax
expression.ScratchPadContentsAsText As String
where expression is a variable that represents a Productivity Object
Remarks
Returns the Scratch Pad contents as a text string without any Rich Text Format markup.
Example
This sample writes content to the Scratch Pad and then retrieves it in Rich Text Format and as plain text.
Sub GetContentFromScratchpad()
   
    Dim contents As String
   
    'Load some content into the scratch pad
    ThisIbmTerminal.Productivity.ScratchPadContents = "Some text"
   
    'Retrieve the content in rich text format
    contents = ThisIbmTerminal.Productivity.ScratchPadContents
    Debug.Print "Rich text format: " + contents
   
    'Now retreive the content as plain text
    contents = ThisIbmTerminal.Productivity.ScratchPadContentsAsText
    Debug.Print "Plain text format: " + contents
   
End Sub
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