Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
- Subject: Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
- From: "Arthur J Knapp" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:09:55 -0400
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Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 13:08:01 +0200
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Subject: Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
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From: Jan Pieter Kunst <email@hidden>
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> Depending on the version of AppleScript in use, this might work:
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> set the clipboard to x -- doesn't require a tell statement
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> tell application "whatever" to activate
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It's version 1.5.5, the version that comes with MacOS 9.1.
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"set the clipboard to x" doesn't work: it gives an error dialog box that
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says more or less (translating from the Dutch): "Outlook Express received an
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error: certain data could not be read".
You may need to "slam" the clipboard, a term and technique coined and
invented by Jon Pugh, here's the link:
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http://www.seanet.com/~jonpugh/JonsCommandsDocs.html>
Note: The clipboard scripting addition commands originally came with
Jon's Commands, but was later "rolled" into the Standard Additions.
Arthur J. Knapp
http://www.stellarvisions.com
mailto:email@hidden
Hey, check out:
http://www.AppleScriptSourceBook.com