
It is also very useful in detecting when applications cause multiple Clipboard updates, as they're copying data.

It is useful if you're trying to detect ping failures, as it gives an audible "ping, ping, ping" to let you know of ping successes.

This is a diagnostic aid that causes a beep to sound when ClipMate detects a Clipboard update - this includes ClipMate's own Pings. You'll need to re-start ClipMate to cure this. If the "Next Application" shows "ClipMate", then there is a serious problem, likely a "loop" in the chain. Note that whenever an application registers itself to use the Clipboard chain, it is placed in the first position. In case ClipMate has been recently cut-off from communication, this information, especially the "First Application", may be valuable in determining which application may have severed the connection. These fields show the name of the applications (if they can be determined) of the first application in the viewer chain, and the one immediately following ClipMate.

So that's why we need the tools on this screen. But sometimes a mis-behaving application will interfere with the notification, and ClipMate won't be properly notified of new data. This is a list of formats that are presently available on the Clipboard.ĬlipMate relies on "clipboard event notifications" to detect new data being copied to the clipboard. This can be useful when trying to determine where a particular update is coming from. Shows which application has most recently updated the Clipboard. This tab has many boring, boring, setting that are useful only to tech support. But it may still be useful, so we left it in.

Since ClipMate 6 can automatically detect and repair broken clipboard connections, this dialog is not as important as it was in previous versions. This dialog box gives useful information when troubleshooting problems such as when ClipMate fails to capture new data, or when PowerPaste seems to "go crazy". Options and Configuration > Tools Menu > Clipboard Diagnostics
