QClipboard setText not working

[ChiBriTri]

I can’t seem to figure out how to get QClipboard to work right. clear and setText seem to do nothing. Am I missing something here? win7 with qt 5.3.1. Thanks in advance!

auto *pClip=QApplication::clipboard();
pClip->clear();//no effect?
pClip->setText("abc");//no effect?
QString str=pClip->text()//returns whatever was in clipboard prior to above code

auto *pClip=QApplication::clipboard();
pClip->clear();//no effect?
pClip->setText("abc");//no effect?
QString str=pClip->text()//returns whatever was in clipboard prior to above code

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[Coder5546]

Try this code

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QString textToClipboard = "I'm in clipboard ! :)";
    QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication::clipboard();
    clipboard->clear();
    clipboard->setText(textToClipboard);
 
    QString clipboardText = clipboard->text();
    if(clipboardText.isEmpty())
    {
       qDebug() << "Clipboard is empty!";
    }
    else
    {
       qDebug() << "Clipboard is not empty: " << clipboardText;
    }

QString textToClipboard = "I'm in clipboard ! :)";
    QClipboard *clipboard = QApplication::clipboard();
    clipboard->clear();
    clipboard->setText(textToClipboard);

    QString clipboardText = clipboard->text();
    if(clipboardText.isEmpty())
    {
       qDebug() << "Clipboard is empty!";
    }
    else
    {
       qDebug() << "Clipboard is not empty: " << clipboardText;
    }

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[ChiBriTri]

Just saw this response - thanks!

Unfortunately this produced the same results as my code. However the qdebug code made me look at the output window which outputted a different error that led me to search and see on windows qclipboard must be called from the main thread. It's working now - thanks again!