Reading and writing to the clipboard is supported by using IUP.

See: IupClipboard for methods and attributes.

Requires: None

Code

    clipboard = iup:clipboard()
    if clipboard.textavailable then
        strText= clipboard.text
    else
        fhMessageBox('Text not found in Clipboard')
        return
    end
    
-- Set Text in Clipboard    
clipboard.text = string.gsub(strText,'find','replace')