Copy Text and Open/Focus Notepad and Paste

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Description	This macro will copy the selected text, open Notepad if it's not open, then paste the text. If there's more than one Notepad window already open, it will prompt you to select the window.
Language	C#.net
Minimum Version	5.9+
Created By	Keith Lammers (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	May 19, 2021
Date Last Modified	May 26, 2021

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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; // The 'text' parameter will contain the text from the: // - Current Clipboard when run by HotKey // - History Item when run from the History Menu // The returned string will be: // - Placed directly on the Clipboard when run as a Macro // - Ignored by ClipboardFusion if it is 'null' // - Passed along to the next action in a Trigger (null changed to an empty string) public static class ClipboardFusionHelper { public static string ProcessText(string text) { // Copy the selected text text = BFS.Clipboard.CopyText(); // Check if Notepad is running bool isRunning = BFS.Application.IsAppRunningByFile("*Notepad.exe"); // If it's running, focus it, if not, launch it if (isRunning) { // Get a list of all open Notepad windows var allNotepadWindowsList = new List<String>(); foreach (IntPtr window in BFS.Window.GetVisibleAndMinimizedWindowHandles()) { string windowText = BFS.Window.GetText(window); if (windowText.EndsWith("Notepad")) { allNotepadWindowsList.Add(windowText); } } // If there's more than one, prompt to select which one if (allNotepadWindowsList.Count > 1) { allNotepadWindowsList.Add("-- New Notepad Window --"); string[] allNotepadWindowsArray = allNotepadWindowsList.ToArray(); string selectedWindowTitle = BFS.Dialog.GetUserInputListViewWithFilter("Select the Notepad window", allNotepadWindowsArray); if (selectedWindowTitle == "-- New Notepad Window --") { BFS.Application.Start("notepad.exe", ""); BFS.General.ThreadWait(1000); } else { IntPtr selectedWindow = BFS.Window.GetWindowByTextExact(selectedWindowTitle); BFS.Window.Focus(selectedWindow); } } // Otherwise, just focus the only one that's open else { IntPtr selectedWindow = BFS.Window.GetWindowByTextExact(allNotepadWindowsList[0]); BFS.Window.Focus(selectedWindow); } } // Otherwise, launch it else { uint appID = BFS.Application.Start("notepad.exe", ""); IntPtr newWindow = BFS.Application.GetMainWindowByAppID(appID); } // Paste the text BFS.Input.SendKeys("^({VK_35})"); BFS.Clipboard.PasteText(Environment.NewLine + text + Environment.NewLine); return text; } }