Re: Copy text to the clipboard
Re: Copy text to the clipboard
- Subject: Re: Copy text to the clipboard
- From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 16:34:52 -0600
John R. asked ...
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...
As per my posting yesterday, you just write ...
short name of (info for (path to frontmost application))
and you'll have the name of the active application.
But, I ran into another problem this afternoon that may be relevant
here. If you save your code as an application, you are likely to get
the name of YOUR application as the current active application. I
solved my problem by saving my code as an application bundle with
'LSUIElement = yes'. (Making it a "faceless background application".)
You can also save your code as a script, then run it via the script
menu.
Copying text from ANY application may be a problem. I just checked a
script I wrote earlier this year where I got the text selected in
either Smile or in Script Editor. I had to use very different code
for each application. Perhaps System Events has a general solution
for this. If so, I hope someone knows and will tell us how to do it.
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