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Show History Drop-Down List, Modify and Paste Selected Item

Description	This Macro will show a drop-down list that contains the items in the ClipboardFusion History. After choosing an item from the list and clicking OK, the item is manipulated (in this example, it's wrapped in tags for pasting URLs into HTML code), and then pasted into the last active textbox.
Language	C#
Minimum Version	3.3+
Created By	Jon Tackabury (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Dec 19, 2014
Date Last Modified	Dec 19, 2014

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using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;

public static class ClipboardFusionHelper
{
	public static string ProcessText(string text)
	{
		// get the number of items in the history
		int count = BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryItemCount();
		if (count <= 0)
		{
			// show an error and return if there are no items
			BFS.Dialog.ShowMessageError("Sorry, there are no items currently in your History.");
			return "";
		}
		
		// build the history selection dialog by getting each item in the history
		List<string> items = new List<string>();
		for (int a=0; a<count; a++)
			items.Add(BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryText(a));
			
		// show the history selection dialog
		text = BFS.Dialog.GetUserInputList("Select a History Item", items.ToArray());
		
		// if the user cancels, return without doing anything
		if (text.Length == 0)
			return "";
		
		// generate the return text using the value the user selected (in this case it's an HTML link)
		text = "<a href=\"" + text + "\" target=\"_blank\"><b>XXXX</b></a>";
		
		// paste the generated text into the currently active window
		BFS.Clipboard.PasteText(text);
		return text;
	}
}

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