how to pass clipboard to batch in xp

Question

using windows xp i want to copy text (url) to the clipboard then run a batch file that will use that url.

i know the reverse is possible with the clip.exe floating around.

Answer 1

I use my own CLIPTEXT program. It is a very simple 5-lines pascal, here is the source code. I am sure that you can get the idea and translate it to any other language.

program cliptext;
uses clipbrd;
begin
  writeln(clipboard.asText);  
end.

then, in your batch files, you may use to start the copied URLs.

for /f "tokens=*" %%c in ('cliptext') do start "" "%%c"

Answer 2

Yesterday, Raymond Chen posted in his blog the new old thing this solution http://blogs.msdn.com/oldnewthing/archive/2009/11/10/9919908.aspx