>>How can I get to the contents of the clipboard if a block has been copied from another program (eg some word-processing program)?
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>Look at the _CLIPTEXT system variable.

I thought the answer would be as simple as this - its not though! - try copying something from Word 97 ( a block over more than one line) - the carriage return messes the result up!

I don't know the way round this though!

Ian