# Get Clipboard Text

This action gets the clipboard value and stores it in the variable defined by the value parameter.

{% hint style="info" %}
for the moment, this activity works only for text (no files, images etc)
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## **Properties**

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### **Output**

**Output**: variable name to store the clipboard value.

### **Misc**

* **Display Name**: action display name in your implementation project.
* **Wait Before**: number milliseconds robot to wait before executing the action.
* **Wait After:** number milliseconds robot to wait until moving to the next action.
* **Abort on Error**: True/False
* **Retry Times**: Specifies the number of times to retry an action if it doesn't end successfully. Default value 0 (no retry); Use -1 if you want to retry indefinitely. 

## **Use Case**

### **Potential Use Cases**

* Capture a text in the clipboard and paste it in a text field.
* Capture a text in the clipboard and paste it in the email subject/body

### **Examples of Using Get Clipboard Text**

**Example**

In this example, the robot will get a text value in the clipboard and paste it into a text field, part of a customer master data creation form.

**Prerequisites**:

Create an account on Wave, a free accounting cloud solution.

Watch the robot in action:

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You can see how the **Get Clipboard Text** activity is used in an example that incorporates multiple activities. You can check and download the example from here:

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Get Clipboard Text sample project
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