Re: FileMaker Pro, repeating fields and pasting from Clipboard
Re: FileMaker Pro, repeating fields and pasting from Clipboard
- Subject: Re: FileMaker Pro, repeating fields and pasting from Clipboard
- From: "Bob.Kalbaugh" <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2001 12:57:58 -0500
on 9/5/01 9:01 AM, Dan Doughtie at email@hidden wrote:
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I'm hoping some of you FMP experts can help me.
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Now here' s the dumb question for the day. FMP has a great feature that lets
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you grab all the data on layout, a record at one time or all records. But it
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places that data in the Clipboard. I can then manually paste it or have a
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FMP script paste it in another field. I want to eliminate the middle man. I
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want to have it go straight to a variable.
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So, how do you set a variable to the contents of the Clipboard or i.e.
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"paste" to a variable in an Applescript?
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Thanks,
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Dan Doughtie
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Morris Computer Services
Dan, I'm not an expert (but I play one on TV -- just kidding). If the data
on the clipboard is just text you can use:
set theVariable to the clipboard as string
This is in Standard Additions. I don't know if it works within a
tell "FMP" block.
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bob.kalbaugh