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  • Subject: a script for saving text from the clipboard to a file
  • From: Diane <email@hidden>
  • Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 18:47:26 -0800

Hi,

I have been trying to send this message to the server since Thursday, so I sincerely hope that it goes through and some wise Applescripter can help me out.

I am a newbie trying to make an Applescript to attach to a FileMaker button. I'm pretty stuck at this point. I have cobbled together a script that runs in Script Editor but seems unacceptable to FileMaker, which tells me "Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier." and will not save my clumsy script (below).

I want this script to take text from the clipboard and append it to a specified file. The text is copied from a web page, which presents another problem. When I run the script (in Script Editor), the text it writes to the file has a space between every character, l i k e t h i s . Is there a way to convert the 'net text' to normal text?

In Mac OS 9, I used a program called "NetPrint" that was a fairly good generic solution for this: creating a log recording database queries returned to a webpage. I am trying to put together something to do that:

set clipboard_contents to the clipboard

set my_file to (choose file)
set file_info to info for my_file
set file_name to name of file_info

set the_path to ¬
"Macintosh HD:Users:circuit:Desktop:March06 ƒ:online reservations:" & file_name as string


open for access alias the_path with write permission

write clipboard_contents to alias the_path starting at eof

close access alias the_path

When I try to "feed" this script to FileMaker, it highlights the mention of "clipboard_contents" in the second to the last line and gives the message: "Expected end of line, etc. but found identifier."

I don't understand why it runs in Script Editor but not FileMaker.

Thanks for any help or hints,
Diane

Diane Bryden <email@hidden>
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