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ArsClip

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ArsClip is a freeware utility for the windows clipboard. ArsClip monitors the clipboard and keeps track of the entries. Pasting is done by using a triggered popup window. This window can be triggered by a hotkey, holding right-click, a special trigger window, and other methods.

ArsClip used to be barebones, but I think I can safely say that it has become a nicely featured and highly configurable program, due to user feedback.

Delphi 6 (Personal) source code is included - modify it freely for any non-profit use. NOTE: The newer versions are compiled with Turbo Delphi for Win32.

Features

- Multiple permanent clip groups
- Picture, RichText, File Copy, Unicode, HTML support
- Keypress emulation
- Form Mode for pasting multiple fields
- Highly configurable
- Win7 Jumplist support

Requirements

This program requires no installation, but an optional setup program is included. Supported on Windows XP through Windows 7, though it's likely to still run on older OS versions.

joejoe Jan-04-12 9:36 PM CST

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Changes in v3.2.0

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New: Configuration window reworked and categorized
New: Default popup view simplified for new installs
New: User defined Shift+Select and Ctrl+Select keystroke configuration options
New: External Editor support for text and picture clips
New: Clip size shown on tooltip hint
New: Option to use Virtual Desktop for the Trigger Window
New: Tooltip Hint will grow to show larger clips when hovered for longer

Fix: Configuration displayed by default when second instance is run
Fix: Configuration screen not displayed in foreground in some instances
Fix: System menu on popup showed old icons
Fix: 'Current' popup menu item not cleared correctly
Fix: Tweaks and fixes to the Clipboard Bar window
Fix: 'Edit Selected' popup menu item was not always working in Full Mode
Fix: Wrong icon sometimes shown on Program Options popup menu item
Fix: Configuration window shown on taskbar when opened

joejoe Nov-29-11 4:03 PM CST

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Changes in 3.1.6

New: Trigger Window configuration option
New: Current popup history automatically saved every 10 minutes
New: 'Edit Clipboard' will now use your default text editor
New: Added an Edit Clipboard shortcut to the tooltip shown when left clicking the system tray icon
New: 'Destroy Item' added to right-click menu

Fix: Popup uses mouse position when target window doesn't correctly report the Caret position
Fix: Tweaked the Search window to try to reduce ignored keystrokes
Fix: Windows launched from Jumplist did not always appear in foreground
Fix: Workaround for popup menu position problems with maximized windows
Fix: Updated the CLIPBRD command to work with the RUN command in Permanent Clips

joejoe Mar-23-11 9:01 PM CDT

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Changes in 3.1.5

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New: Option to disable the default search word under Show Options

Fix: Removed "Integer Overflow" error message prompt, shown when some lists are empty
Fix: Full Mode now added by default when entire popup is blank
Fix: Column Break was accidentally shown in Full Mode
Fix: Search window pasting was destructive to selected text in target program
Fix: Keystrokes commands on Search window result could cause a crash when list was empty
Fix: Undelete sometimes shown instead of Remove on right-click context menu
Fix: "`" hotkey not triggering Full/Configured item on popup
Fix: Show Order window display problem
Fix: Using Switch from system tray was not saved for current foreground window
Fix: Previous Unicode test fix broke case sensitive configuration option
Fix: Text Item display issue when the only item shown on the popup
Fix: Various fixes to Removed Clips window
Fix: Tooltip Popup after a flush could access missing item
Fix: Workaround for disappearing controls when Alt is pressed

joejoe Jul-06-10 6:01 PM CDT

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Changes in v3.1.4

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New: Jump List support for Windows 7
New: Icon's re-vamped
New: POPUPITEM command in Permanent Items
New: Updated URL fix code to encode spaces for a legal URL

Fix: "replace formatted text with plaintext" option caused a crash
Fix: Clipboard Bar state saved
Fix: Unicode text sometimes falsely detected as duplicate
Fix: Right-Click hold trigger ignored when the mouse is moving [for drag operations]
Fix: Reworded clips to use the word "clip" instead of "item"
Fix: Right-Click on a Permanent Clip on the popup caused an error message
Fix: Mimic Typing speed increased
Fix: Search didn't wait until typings stopped before searching
Fix: The "undelete" item missing from the Recently Removed Clip's right click menu
Fix: Small tweaks to the system tray's menu
Fix: Removed unused "Refresh" system tray item for Vista or above systems

joejoe May-20-09 7:17 PM CDT

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Changes in v3.1.3

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New: Option to keep non-text items in a separate list
- Duplicate non-text clips now detected

New: Holding the right mouse button displays the popup
- RightClickDelay variable added to the ArsClip.ini text config file [defaults 600 milliseconds (0.6 seconds)]
- Added new "Program Options" setting to disable the right-click trigger for individual programs.

New: "Paste Selected" will combine and paste items as Unicode (when supported)
- Unicode text now displayed in "Paste Selected" dialog

New: "(Column Break)" item added to Show Order options

(EDIT)Fix: Display warning message if files data cannot be created
Fix: Workaround for crash when system tray icon triggered and display driver reset
- "OldTrayPopup" configuration option added to ArsClip.ini text file

Fix: Permanent Item global hotkeys incorrectly triggered by other programs/hardware
Fix: Errors when copying large, complex items [from programs like Excel]
Fix: Problem with Text Items format configuration
Fix: "Replace formatted text with plaintext" would alter some non-text items, like file copies.
Fix: Some data left on Edit History dialog after "Flush Everything"
Fix: Optional setup program updated
Fix: Minor GUI fixes for the configuration window
Fix: Missing tooltip for Recently Clicked items
Fix: Mimic Typing now works with AltGr generated characters
Fix: Some global hotkeys incorrectly triggered by other programs/hardware
Fix: "Clear" hotkey button not working for editing a Permanent Item

Older Items

Changes in v2.7.9
Fix: Many preview windows not wordwraping text
Fix: Program icon on popup sometimes shows up as generic application icon
Fix: Flush system tray menu items moved to a submenu
New: RichText shown in Removed Items and Shift+Click previews
New: Find button in Removed Items
New: [WAIT] command and [DATE] command for Permanent Items with simulated keystrokes
New: Edit Item window activated using the Ctrl+Click menu, Edit History, or Removed Items

Changes in v 2.7.6 thru v2.7.8
Fix: Resolved error dialog durring startup with richtext Removed Items  
Fix: Resolved crash displaying popup with specific Removed Items
Fix: Immediate crash when there are no Removed Items

Changes in v2.7.5
Fix: Remember.txt and solitary linefeed issue resolved
New: Pictures support for popup menu tooltips (Unicode popup only)
New: System tray option to disabled monitoring of specific programs
New: Improved "Current" popup item support of picture formats
New: System tray option to flush both text and non-text items
New: "Recently Removed" popup menu item
New: "Misc" popup menu item to streamline the popup, even in Full Mode

Changes in v2.6.9
New: [Control Panel] -> [Sounds] entry to play a sound when a new clip is copied
New: Option to show all permanent items directly as submenus
New: PreCaptureDelay variable added to ArsClip.ini for a workaround to Office
Fix: "Flush" items from system tray would display the main popup
Fix: Problem with Accelerator keys, emulated keystrokes, and the Unicode popup

Changes in v2.6.8
Fix: Program would freeze on some system showing the "Paste Method for" menu item
Fix: Program would freeze on some system using hotkey alternative methods
Fix: Error message when Save or Cancel not pressed in Permanent Items
Fix: Send keys may error out if pasted quickly mutiple times
New: "System" popup item in fullmode that shows the system tray icon's popup menu
New: Flush Text / Flush Non-Text seperated on icon's popup menu
New: Option to change popup font when Unicode is enabled
New: Duplicate "Flush" menu items removed

Changes in v2.6.7
New: Per-program pasting assignment option on system tray icon menu
(For Example, always use Mimic Typing for CMD.EXE)

Changes in v2.6.6
Bug: Fix to detect accidental single/double click on System Tray Icon to show popup
Bug: Fix for switching groups when editing a Permanent Item
Bug: Item Type ([P],[U],[T],[F],[R],[H]) not shown unless using Unicode Text option
Bug: Complex Items Permanet Items could be corrupted after several add & delete operations
New: Show "Paste as Plain Text" CTRL+Click menu option when pasting as Complex Item by default
New: Option to "Move..." a Permanent Item into another group

Changes in v2.6.5
Bug: Popup would always display at mouse position
Bug: Problem pasting from ArsClip into an ArsClip window
New: Show tooltip for "All Items..." hover when using Unicode popup
New: Permanent Items Groups sorted by name

Changes in v2.6.4
New: "All Items" submenu for Permanent Items
New: Options to display popup on when tray icon is single clicked
New: Default to mouse cursor when carat position is not found (for programs like Mozilla).
New: Better support for "Paste as complex item by default" and plain text
New: Resizeable Preview window

Changes in v2.6.3
Fix: Fixed duplicate hotkey detection to work with the Tooltip Popup hotkeys
Fix: Problem with RichText and the "Get Clipboard as..." button locking the window
Fix: "Paste Selected..." window's cancel button didn't work right
Fix: Up button on Permanent Items window could cause errors
New: Button to select type of clipboard format to use in Permanent Items
New: ArsClip can now paste into its own windows, like Permanent Items
New: 'FIX URL' now places the fixed URL on the popup instead of just on the clipboard

Changes in v2.6.2
Fix: GDI object leak when new clipboard item retreival fails
Fix: Problem when item copied and clipboard watcher executes at the same exact time
Fix: Win9x Mimic Typing problems with uppercase letters [Final fix]
Fix: "Cannot open exepigs.ini" error when shortcut working directory is different
Fix: Duplicate Hotkey windows message detection
Fix: Permanent Items Windwow - Up button did not range check
Fix: Multi-Monitor aware Preview Window
New: Option to "Fix" URLs broken by linefeeds (like in email, or bulletin board posts)
New: Option to show popup at Mouse cursor position
New: Keyboard Delete key works for Edit History
New: Option to show Permanent Item switching menus on popup (before, it was always shown with Permanent Items)
New: Option to paste as complex text by default (instead of plain text by default)

Changes in v2.6.1
Fix: Copy to Clipboard broken on Removed Items
Fix: Win9x Mimic Typing problems with uppercase letters
Fix: Numerous small display problems for the Unicode popup
Fix: More WinXP erronious errors removed
Fix: Icon restored when Explorer crashes
New: Any type of clip can be a Permanent Items
New: Option to label clip types on the popup (similar to Edit History)
New: Option for extended Clipboard Chain Break detection
New: Removed Flush Items confirmation dialog (since Removed Items is available)

Changes in v2.6.0
Fix: Rare "index out of bounds" error when deleting Permanent Item Groups
New: Show Unicode on Popup option and Tooltips (marked Experimental for now, even though it's stable)
New: Improved Removed Items form (similar to Edit History)
New: Support for complex item types in Removed Items
New: Option to disable Clipboard Chain Break notification

Changes in v2.5.3
Fix: False positive Clipboard Chain Break errors on WinXP

Changes in v2.5.2
Fix: Possible crash reporting Clipboard Chain Break
Fix: Possible error that "locks" the clipboard contents

changes in v2.5.1
Fix: shift+insert paste method fix (shift key could stick)
Fix: minor cosmetic changes
New: keystroke commands in permanent items
New: saves complex clipboard items and "other" items between sessions
New: improved edit history form
New: "config -> tooltip popup" options panel
New: save item icons in full color\save "other" items icons
New: move removed items from memory to files (requires less memory/allows large queues)
New: dialogs scalable
New: improved clipboard chain watcher reporting
New: double click icon option to show popup on system tray icon
New: keystrokes commands for the tooltip popup

changes in v2.5.0
Fix: "clipboard chain" error would multiply if left unattended
Fix: large font issues and forms controls not visible
Fix: clipboard chain watcher might produces access violation errors on win9x machines
Fix: shift+insert paste method not working on win9x machines
Fix: file monitoring problems on some win9x machines
New: autoswitch (remembers what permanent item group you use for each program)
New: tooltips on the popup to show a preview of a hovered text item
New: tooltip popup (single item popup, called by a 'previous' and 'next' hotkey)
New: option to double-click the tray icon to show the popup - alternative to a hotkey
New: paste as [richtext/unicode/files] option on the ctrl+click menu
New: item icons saved between sessions
New: identify the program that most likely broke the clipboard chain

Changes in v2.4.4
New: Numbers from 0-9 are used for text items accelerator keys
New: Form Mode - pastes an item, presses TAB, shows the popup again

Changes in v2.4.3
Fix: Wrong EXE released again! It pasted the permanent items name.

Changes in v2.4.2
Fix: Wrong EXE released. It didn't paste permanent items.

Changes in v2.4.1
Fix: Permanent Items window re-written to fix numerous bugs

Changes in v2.4.0
Fix: Fix for "Stack Overflow" message
Fix: File version read "2.3.10" instead of "2.3.0", updated version to be sequential

Changes in v2.3.0
New: Automagically detects clipboard chain breaks
New: Snazzy Icons
New: Detect email addresses when "Running" an item (opens email program)

Changes in v2.2.9
New: Ctrl+Click menu with Run/Preview/Paste/Clipboard options for the selected text item
Fix: "No paste" dialog would not show up in the foreground

Changes in v2.2.8
New: Configurable "Clipboard only" and "Make permanent" keystrokes
New: SHIFT+INSERT pasting option
New: "Refresh Clipboard Monitoring" command on System Tray menu
Fix: Copied text items with ampersands would generate accelerator keys

Changes in v2.2.7
New: Option to disable system tray icon changes
Fix: Better method of updating the system tray icon

Changes in v2.2.6
New: Shift-Click pictures in the non-text items to preview them
New: F1 + Click to "copy to clipboard only" a non-text item
New: "Flush" command in Full mode for text and non-text items
New: Two system tray icon notifications when an item enters the clipboard: one for normal mode, and one for disabled mode

Changes in v2.2.5
New: "Full Mode" command on popup to temporarily show all options
New: Configuration option to show Permanent Items as a submenu
New: F1-Click on a text item on the popup to copy to clipboard only
New: F2-Click on a text item on the popup to make it a new Permanent Item
New: Close the Preview window using keystrokes
New: "Copy to Clipboard" command in Edit History

Changes in v.2.2.4
New: Option to "Disable clipboard Monitoring when Scroll Lock is on"
New: "Copy to clipboard only" dialog for console style programs
New: Show "Edit History" on popup - configuration option
New: Shift-Click on a text item on popup to preview it's full contents

Changes in v2.2.3
Fix: Character encodings displayed wrong

Changes in v2.2.2
Fix: Increased compatibility with other clipboard monitors
New: Configuration has a new look
New: 'Paste in reverse' option in "Paste Selected" dialog
New: Dimensions are shown for pictures

Changes in v2.2.1
Fix: numberous bugs in the Permanent Items edit window
New: Configuration option to show "Switch to [Permanent item Group]" on popup

Changes in v2.2.0
Fix: Linefeeds without ControlReturn chars in remember.txt crashed ArsClip
New: Non-text items support (Experimental)
New: Configuration option non-text items (Clipboard Options, Pasting)
New: Previews on Edit History and Removed items

Changes in v2.1.5
Fix: Minor changes for filename logic
New: Configuration option for Removed Items
New: Removed Items dialog

Changes in v2.1.4
Fix: Testing for duplicate filenames
New: CTRL+Click will open/run files, folders, URLs items in popup
New: About window for version and homepage info

Changes in v2.1.3
Fixes -
- tabs no longer make the popup too wide
- focus is returned when ESC is pressed
- work around for Win9X and large text
Changes in v2.1.2
Fixes -
- garbage appearing in history (Haven't I said that before???)
- clipboard ignoring problem (when ESC pressed or focus lost)
- session not being saved at logout/shutdown
New stuff
- New option "If copied item is already in history, move item to the top of the list"
- "..." place after items too long to display on popup
- New option to show "Last:" on popup

Changes in v2.1.0
New Clipboard options
- Copy program icons to show on popup (Experimental)
- Load items from last session
New Popup options
- Show "Current" item on clipboard
- Number of characters to show for each item

Changes in v2.0.8 and previous versions
Fixed problem with accelerator keys and new pasting method
Fixed scrollbars apprearing on config form in WinXP
New pasting method "Place on clipboard and don't paste"
New popup option to move selected item to first in the list
Fixed bugs
- Paste selected didn't work when accelator keys where disabled
- Paste All/selected would place extra newline characters durring paste
- files/folders would place extra newline characters durring paste
New "Paste All/Paste Selected" option on popup
Updated Hotkey accepts ", . `" for keystrokes
New Edit History option
New monitor filenames and folders option (EG. when you copy a file in Explorer)
Windows Key is now usable for hotkeys
Had to removed the "preserve current clipboard item", this caused problems
CTRL+V pasting now does not overwrite the current clipboard item
New right click options on system tray
- Flush History
- Switch to...
Delete button from Permanent Item Groups
New Permanent Item Groups to switch between sets of permanent items (by user request)
New faster method of pasting option
- supports high ascii characters
- doesn't destroy editor's autoformating
- less keyboard conflicts
New right click options on the system tray icon
Double Left click opens configuration window
Fixed obscure bug caused when used with MS Office on Win2k/XP
Fixed bug where ArsClip was not correctly saving the type of hotkey used
Replaced Delphi's default program icon
Added configuration option to add accelerator keys to the popup window
Added configuration option to set the number of remembered items
Increased pasting speed

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