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  • Subject: Copy text to the clipboard
  • From: "John R." <email@hidden>
  • Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 13:37:00 -0500
I want to copy selected text into my script from ANY active application. I need to tell the current application to <get selection>, or I need to use GUI scripting via: <keystroke "c" using command down>. But I can't find the name of the active application or process...

tell application "System Events"
set x to (name of application processes whose frontmost is true)
display dialog item 1 of x
end tell
---> "ScriptEditor" when run under Script Editor;
---> "System Events" when run from the any application via the script menu.

How do I ask politely for the "process that was active just before I ran this script"?!
Is there a better way to copy selected text to the clip board?
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