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Re: Insert text and paste command
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Re: Insert text and paste command


  • Subject: Re: Insert text and paste command
  • From: Andrea -XFox- Govoni <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 14 Apr 2005 12:37:24 +0200

kai wrote:

In the Script Editor window it works flawlessy, but If I try to execute the script from the Script Menu when I am in a TextEdit document, for example, it doesn't work.
It works only inside Script Editor.

It's necessary to follow Andrew's original advice and bring the target application to the front. This works here:

set myText to "Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious"
tell application "System Events"
    set frontmost of process "TextEdit" to true
    keystroke myText
end tell

Ok, thanks kai, this works in TextEdit but I need that it works in every application.
So the following logical question is: is there a way to determine the name of the fronmost application?
I'll search it by myself, but if anyone knows... :-)


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