Re: Extracting Text from aa Window
Re: Extracting Text from aa Window
- Subject: Re: Extracting Text from aa Window
- From: Mr Tea <email@hidden>
- Date: Sun, 31 Mar 2002 12:23:42 +0100
This from Ronald Hofmann - dated 31/3/02 11.55 am:
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tell application "TextEdit"
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set textVar to (get the contents of window 1)
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end tell
Hi, Ronald. You need something like...
tell application "TextEdit"
set textVar to (text of document 1)
end tell
An earlier thread on this list suggested that it's difficult/impossible to
get styled text out of TextEdit, but the above snippet will at least get the
text and the paragraph formatting.
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How can I save a text contained in a variable to my disk?
set theFile to open for access file (((path to desktop) as string) & "Saved
Text") with write permission
write textVar to theFile
close access theFile
(From 'set...' to '...permission' all on one line). If a text file with the
name and location that you specify already exists, the contents of textVar
will be appended to the existing contents, otherwise a new file will be
created.
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How can I load a textfile from my disk into a variable?
set theAlert to read file (((path to desktop) as string) & "Saved Text")
The read and write commands used here are included in the Standard Additions
OSAX.
You could also store the text as a property in your script, if it's saved as
an application, but that's probably not what you need.
T.
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