field (accessible only via a button) or to an attachment in a rich-text field.
This function accesses the clipboard contents of a Win32 computer prior to the
production of an amended computed text field or a new attachment in a rich-text
'---In the Declarations section
Declare Function GetClipboardData Lib "user32"(Byval wFormat As Long) As String
Declare Function OpenClipboard Lib "user32"(Byval hwnd As Long) As Long
Declare Function EmptyClipboard Lib "user32"() As Long
Declare Function CloseClipboard Lib "user32"() As Long
Public Const CF_TEXT = 1
'---make a funtion called RetrieveClipboard
Function RetrieveClipboard () As String
Dim hClipMemory As Variant
Dim MyString As String
If OpenClipboard(0&) = 0 Then
Msgbox "Cannot open Clipboard. Another app. may have it open"
hClipMemory = GetClipboardData (CF_TEXT)
If Isnull(hClipMemory) Then
Msgbox "Could not allocate memory"
RetrieveClipboard = hClipMemory
'---Now you can use the clipboard contents in the click event of a button, for
dim doc as NotesDocument
set doc = ...
dim clip as String
clip = RetrieveClipboard
'---Add the clipboard contents to a text field
doc.ProjectNotes = clip & Chr(10) & Chr(13)doc.ProjectNotes(0)