hey vvvv peeps,
I am working on a project where I use an arduino with a button and a potentiometer to print ASCII Art onto a miro board (or a text editor in general). I use the potentiometer to change between different ASCII artworks to choose from and the button to print it. To print it I use the ImGui SetClipboardText node to copy text and then make use of the Vl.MouseKeyGlobal library to press CTRL + V globally for me.
So far so good! But here’s where I need your help. To copy the ASCII art I am using the ImGui SetClipboardText node as I said, but unfortunately it is not doing what it should be doing anymore, no matter what patch or what machine I am on, so I am kinda desperate :/
It either doesn’t copy anything at all to the clipboard, or an (error?) message.
The funny thing is though, that, as far as I remember, the node worked for me yesterday for an hour, that’s why I am even more confused. It would be super nice, if anyone could take a look at my patch and tell me, if there is anything I did wrong that could lead to me not copying anything at all, or this error message.
Screenshot of the nodes that print this.
The whole patch. Take a look at the left side, there’s the ImGui Clipboard node.
arduino-to-asciiart-patch.vl (61.1 KB)
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-16"?>
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<Node Bounds="399,312,105,19" Id="KL1s5hJJ0EcOElWX0w8psi">
<p:NodeReference LastCategoryFullName="IO.Global" LastDependency="VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.vl">
<Choice Kind="NodeFlag" Name="Node" Fixed="true" />
<Choice Kind="ProcessAppFlag" Name="KeyboardSimulator (Spread)" />
</p:NodeReference>
<p:HelpFocus p:Assembly="VL.Lang" p:Type="VL.Model.HelpPriority">High</p:HelpFocus>
<Pin Id="KfY1ZtZRXX3LtcXKbFrLUt" Name="Key Codes" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="Q3Hd0YZDe5IMEjbKMZAHeA" Name="Simulate" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="CLKcuRNCYb3O6XC7rB8cEF" Name="Enable" Kind="InputPin" />
</Node>
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<p:NodeReference LastCategoryFullName="Collections.Spread" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="NodeFlag" Name="Node" Fixed="true" />
<Choice Kind="OperationCallFlag" Name="FromValue" />
<CategoryReference Kind="RecordType" Name="Spread" NeedsToBeDirectParent="true" />
</p:NodeReference>
<Pin Id="PKtIJtfyVxTNT1emuWT9vY" Name="Input" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="LAIBSU2WueZOpdGbjPqD1Y" Name="Result" Kind="OutputPin" />
</Node>
<Pad Id="L1lq3W2xn01NuA3BzSnPw3" Comment="Key Codes" Bounds="401,141,119,49" ShowValueBox="true" isIOBox="true">
<p:TypeAnnotation LastCategoryFullName="Collections" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="TypeFlag" Name="Spread" />
<p:TypeArguments>
<TypeReference LastCategoryFullName="VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal" LastDependency="MouseKeyGlobal.dll">
<Choice Kind="TypeFlag" Name="Keys" />
</TypeReference>
</p:TypeArguments>
</p:TypeAnnotation>
<p:Value>
<Item>RControlKey</Item>
<Item>A</Item>
</p:Value>
</Pad>
<Pad Id="SvMR4A35JYoLdWuBitbviI" Comment="Press" Bounds="501,208,35,35" ShowValueBox="true" isIOBox="true" Value="False">
<p:TypeAnnotation LastCategoryFullName="Primitive" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="ImmutableTypeFlag" Name="Boolean" />
<FullNameCategoryReference ID="Primitive" />
</p:TypeAnnotation>
<p:ValueBoxSettings>
<p:buttonmode p:Assembly="VL.UI.Forms" p:Type="VL.HDE.PatchEditor.Editors.ButtonModeEnum">Toggle</p:buttonmode>
</p:ValueBoxSettings>
</Pad>
<Node Bounds="499,264,179,19" Id="BAVHKgNBAjFPimCb1CcF2h">
<p:NodeReference LastCategoryFullName="Primitive.Boolean" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="NodeFlag" Name="Node" Fixed="true" />
<Choice Kind="OperationCallFlag" Name="OR" />
</p:NodeReference>
<Pin Id="AtJWIkMILdXOolpwWEKATs" Name="Input" Kind="StateInputPin" />
<Pin Id="AVIhWtwcYrFLzb6aYRSr7W" Name="Input 2" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="KUGwkl7m1GfLcLAvCRnbNu" Name="Output" Kind="StateOutputPin" />
</Node>
<Pad Id="UtYWb10IhbXNldrDlaZZn7" Comment="Stroke" Bounds="675,205,35,35" ShowValueBox="true" isIOBox="true" Value="False">
<p:TypeAnnotation LastCategoryFullName="Primitive" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="ImmutableTypeFlag" Name="Boolean" />
<FullNameCategoryReference ID="Primitive" />
</p:TypeAnnotation>
<p:ValueBoxSettings>
<p:buttonmode p:Assembly="VL.UI.Forms" p:Type="VL.HDE.PatchEditor.Editors.ButtonModeEnum">Bang</p:buttonmode>
</p:ValueBoxSettings>
</Pad>
<Node Bounds="653,90,85,19" Id="F5g0jPCD6ayMq3ONS1XtCH">
<p:NodeReference LastCategoryFullName="Animation" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="NodeFlag" Name="Node" Fixed="true" />
<Choice Kind="ProcessAppFlag" Name="LFO" />
</p:NodeReference>
<Pin Id="TBoJzwXPmOPQLkzLJ4aMeU" Name="Clock" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="EJippVbUwBXL0Ghtoanh1a" Name="New Clock" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="J6WwAXdSz2BLqoIZZgKGt9" Name="Period" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="AgFau679oCrOq5N9pq2FTs" Name="Pause" Kind="InputPin" />
<Pin Id="IT0rxojZNxROSYQYCKN2aL" Name="Reset" Kind="ApplyPin" />
<Pin Id="KfgrPk9vr77O5BfYflURi7" Name="Phase" Kind="OutputPin" />
<Pin Id="IEpzwFn3AXXMkd0vM0w9c6" Name="On New Cycle" Kind="OutputPin" />
<Pin Id="RDLk5UFGSM5O9v7rEEnOhI" Name="Cycles" Kind="OutputPin" />
</Node>
<Pad Id="O35GYoCCJx1Ltg3JeVVo6d" Comment="Period" Bounds="655,61,35,15" ShowValueBox="true" isIOBox="true" Value="2">
<p:TypeAnnotation LastCategoryFullName="Primitive" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="TypeFlag" Name="Float32" />
</p:TypeAnnotation>
</Pad>
<Pad Id="IRfK0wsqMjnLcRnSDxhNG9" Comment="Connect Me" Bounds="675,147,35,35" ShowValueBox="true" isIOBox="true" Value="False">
<p:TypeAnnotation LastCategoryFullName="Primitive" LastDependency="VL.CoreLib.vl">
<Choice Kind="ImmutableTypeFlag" Name="Boolean" />
<FullNameCategoryReference ID="Primitive" />
</p:TypeAnnotation>
<p:ValueBoxSettings>
<p:buttonmode p:Assembly="VL.UI.Forms" p:Type="VL.HDE.PatchEditor.Editors.ButtonModeEnum">Bang</p:buttonmode>
</p:ValueBoxSettings>
</Pad>
</Canvas>
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<Link Id="D3PHM4N6qluPw4xPdUyJVF" Ids="KUGwkl7m1GfLcLAvCRnbNu,PKtIJtfyVxTNT1emuWT9vY" />
<Link Id="Sg16RhrYjnzLxxM8X9fhyV" Ids="O35GYoCCJx1Ltg3JeVVo6d,J6WwAXdSz2BLqoIZZgKGt9" />
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<NugetDependency Id="NEkjZEyzmDqMWvsceupkPM" Location="VL.CoreLib" Version="2023.5.2" />
<DocumentDependency Id="UKC3jgKgCejOotiKo3kBaS" Location="C:/Users/halon/AppData/Local/vvvv/gamma/nugets/VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.5.2.1/VL.IO.MouseKeyGlobal.vl" />
</Patch>
As I said, I’d be very thankful for any help, especially since this is for a project of mine on friday 😭
edit: by the way I can not go around the clipboard thingy, since MouseKeyGlobal makes the computer freeze for me, once you paste in tons of text