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Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
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Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE


  • Subject: Re: Getting a string on the clipboard in OE
  • From: Jan Pieter Kunst <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2001 20:27:25 +0200

Nigel Garvey (email@hidden) schreef op 28-04-2001 19:37 :

> Therefore, to use an
> application's "copy" command, you have to activate the application; to
> use "set the clipboard to", you have to activate the script (or the
> application running it) to bring it to the front.
>
> tell me to activate
> set the clipboard to x


This did it. Thanks a million. I would never have thought of this myself. I
wasn't conceptualizing the script itself as a separate entity that needs to
be 'brought to the front' in certain circumstances.

Tricky stuff ...

Thanks again,
JP


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