Skip to main content

Clipboard Rules Triggers Actions Based on Copied Text

Clipboard Rules is a unique program that can trigger different actions based on text strings copied to the clipboard. When the application is running it monitors the clipboard for predefined text strings. When a matching string is copied and loaded to the clipboard, the action associated with it is executed.

The action can be execution of a program or batch file, opening of a particular directory in Windows explorer, writing to a log file and modifying contents of the clipboard. Other actions include display of pop-up message and desktop alerts, but this doesn’t seem to be functioning.

clipboard-rules

The user creates rules which consist of the string that would trigger the action and the action itself. The trigger string is case sensitive meaning ‘elephant’ and ‘Elephant’ and ‘ELEPHANT’ are all different strings, according to the program. In the example screenshot, the text string ‘music’ when copied to the clipboard would cause Windows Media Player to launch.

I’m not sure in what situation Clipboard Rules would be useful, but it’s nice to know that such a thing exist. Perhaps, in conjunction with another program Clipboard Rules can be used to remotely control a PC.

Right now, the only use that my mind can come up with is something silly – like playing pranks on someone. Set a rule for a string, you are sure the victim would copy to the clipboard, to do something unexpected like run a program or splash a message box. Better still, replace the clipboard text to something else and watch as your baffled friend struggles to paste the string only to find it mysteriously change to another.

Also see, Sleep Moon Xpress: Remote control your computer via Bluetooth, Sound and Mobile

Labels:

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

How to Record CPU and Memory Usage Over Time in Windows?

Whenever the computer is lagging or some application is taking too long to respond, we usually fire up task manager and look under the Performance tab or under Processes to check on processor utilization or the amount of free memory available. The task manager is ideal for real-time analysis of CPU and memory utilization. It even displays a short history of CPU utilization in the form of a graph. You get a small time-window, about 30 seconds or so, depending on how large the viewing area is.
17 comments
Read more

Diagram 101: Different Types of Diagrams and When To Use Them

Diagrams are a great way to visualize information and convey meaning. The problem is that there’s too many different types of diagrams, so it can be hard to know which ones you should use in any given situation. To help you out, we’ve created this diagram that lays out the 7 most common types of diagrams and when they’re best used:
Post a Comment
Read more

How to Schedule Changes to Your Facebook Page Cover Photo

Facebook’s current layout, the so called Timeline, features a prominent, large cover photo that some people are using in a lot of different creative ways. Timeline is also available for Facebook Pages that people can use to promote their website or business or event. Although you can change the cover photo as often as you like, it’s meant to be static – something which you design and leave it for at least a few weeks or months like a redesigned website. However, there are times when you may want to change the cover photo frequently and periodically to match event dates or some special promotion that you are running or plan to run. So, here is how you can do that.
1 comment
Read more