Windows Clipboard

The calculator can use the Windows clipboard to share calculations and results with other programs and to import data. The buttons to do this are in the Main menu - or the commands CopyClipboard or PasteClipboard may be used or the user may use ctrl-c/ctrl-v.

Copying to Windows Clipboard [CopyClipboard]

Pushing the Clipboard button on the Main menu will open up a dialog box with a number of options. It is possible to copy either text, an image, or a set of command words to the Windows clipboard for transfer to other programs. The clipboard copy can also contain the calculation, the result, or both depending on user selection. Each of format options has the following properties:

Text: Text output to the clipboard is formatted so that it is readable by Wolfram Alpha and other such programs. It is not readable by the calculator itself though. This is the default format for the ctrl-c keyboard shortcut.

Image: The image is in png format, which is compatible with most programs that deal with any kind of graphics or images. The image may be resized before being copied to the clipboard.

Command Sequence: This is a text string of calculator commands that can recreate the stack entry. It has little use outside of the calculator app itself, but is useful for programming purposes.

NOTE: When a stack entry is copied to the clipboard an internal version is maintained that is the right format to be pasted back into the stack. So it is possible to use cut and paste to move items around the different stacks, it just involves a different set of data than what goes to the Windows clipboard.

Pasting from Windows Clipboard [PasteClipboard]

The calculator can only import text from other programs (no images), and then the text is treated as register input, meaning only numbers and commands may be pasted. Algebraic formulas will not be parsed so should not be pasted into the app. Note that multiple numbers or commands may be entered by separating them with spaces.