Export Selected History Text to Single File

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Description	This macro will prompt you to choose history items to export to a text file.
Language	C# (.Net)
Minimum Version	5.8.5+
Created By	Thomas Malloch (BFS)
Contributors	-
Date Created	Oct 29, 2020
Date Last Modified	Oct 29, 2020

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using System; using System.Collections.Generic; using System.Drawing; using System.Windows.Forms; using System.IO; using System.Text; using System.Drawing.Imaging; public static class ClipboardFusionHelper { public static string ProcessText(string text) { //open the custom form using(ClipboardHistorySelectForm dialog = new ClipboardHistorySelectForm()) dialog.ShowDialog(); return null; } //this form will display a multi-select list with all the clipboard history items private class ClipboardHistorySelectForm : Form { //the form's controls private ListView lvClipboardHistory; private Button btnExport; private Button btnCancel; //the constrcutor will build the form and the controls public ClipboardHistorySelectForm() { this.lvClipboardHistory = new ListView(); this.btnExport = new Button(); this.btnCancel = new Button(); this.SuspendLayout(); //add a column to the list so we get a vertical scroll bar ColumnHeader column = new ColumnHeader(); column.Width = 288; //set up the listview this.lvClipboardHistory.Location = new Point(16, 16); this.lvClipboardHistory.Size = new Size(312, 392); this.lvClipboardHistory.View = View.Details; this.lvClipboardHistory.HeaderStyle = ColumnHeaderStyle.None; this.lvClipboardHistory.Columns.Add(column); this.lvClipboardHistory.FullRowSelect = true; //set up the export button this.btnExport.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(160, 416); this.btnExport.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 24); this.btnExport.Text = "Export"; //set up the cancel button this.btnCancel.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(248, 416); this.btnCancel.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(80, 24); this.btnCancel.Text = "Cancel"; //set up the form this.AcceptButton = this.btnExport; this.CancelButton = this.btnCancel; this.ClientSize = new Size(344, 456); this.Controls.Add(this.btnCancel); this.Controls.Add(this.btnExport); this.Controls.Add(this.lvClipboardHistory); this.Text = "Clipboard History"; this.ResumeLayout(false); //set up the events this.btnCancel.Click += this.btnCancel_Click; this.btnExport.Click += this.btnExport_Click; this.Load += this.Form_Load; } //when the form loads, fill the listview with the items from the clipboard history private void Form_Load(object sender, EventArgs e) { this.lvClipboardHistory.Items.Clear(); for(int i = 0; i < BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryItemCount(); i++) { HistoryListViewItem item = new HistoryListViewItem(); item.HasText = BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryIndexContainsText(i); item.HasImage = BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryIndexContainsImage(i); if(item.HasText) item.HistoryText = BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryText(i); if(item.HasImage) item.HistoryImage = BFS.ClipboardFusion.GetHistoryImage(i); item.Text = item.HistoryText; if(item.Text.Length > 50) item.Text = item.Text.Substring(0, 50); if((string.IsNullOrEmpty(item.Text)) && (item.HasImage)) item.Text = "[Image]"; this.lvClipboardHistory.Items.Add(item); } } //this function gets called when the Export button is clicked private void btnExport_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { // build the text to export StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder(); for(int i = 0; i < this.lvClipboardHistory.SelectedItems.Count; i++) { HistoryListViewItem historyItem = this.lvClipboardHistory.SelectedItems[i] as HistoryListViewItem; if(historyItem == null) continue; if(!historyItem.HasText) continue; builder.AppendLine(historyItem.HistoryText); } // ask the users where it should be saved using(SaveFileDialog dialog = new SaveFileDialog()) { dialog.Title = "Save History Text"; dialog.Filter = "Text Files (*.txt)|*.txt|All Files (*.*)|*.*"; dialog.FileName = "text"; if(dialog.ShowDialog(this) != DialogResult.OK) return; // save the text using(FileStream file = File.Open(dialog.FileName, FileMode.OpenOrCreate, FileAccess.Write)) using(StreamWriter writer = new StreamWriter(file, Encoding.Unicode)) writer.Write(builder.ToString()); } //set the dialog result and close the form this.DialogResult = DialogResult.OK; this.Close(); } private void btnCancel_Click(object sender, EventArgs e) { //set the dialog result and close the form this.DialogResult = DialogResult.Cancel; this.Close(); } } private class HistoryListViewItem : ListViewItem { public bool HasImage { get; set; } public bool HasText { get; set; } public string HistoryText { get; set; } public Bitmap HistoryImage { get; set; } } }