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[benroll]

Hi all,

I'm new here. Been struggling along with the Adobe Scripting Guide and the time-honored trial and error method for a long while now, so I thought I'd finally bite the bullet and sign up here!

Anyway, my problem is at the moment that I'm trying to think of a way to copy a text string that is generated within a script to the clipboard so that the user can paste it later.

Is there a way to do this?

Thanks if you can help.

-Ben.

[lloydalvarez]

Hey Ben

On mac you can use pbcopy http://ss64.com/osx/pbcopy.html
Not sure about windows, have never looked into it but there must bea way.

Lloyd

[benroll]

Thanks Lloyd. I'll check it out.

-B.

[benroll]

Works in terminal...

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echo text to copy | pbcopy

but how do I call that from the jsx file? I can find plenty of info on calling javascripts from Apple script, but nothing for the other way round.

-Ben.

[benroll]

This is my copy_to_clipboard.jsx so far.

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alert(system.osName);
alert(system.callSystem('osascript -e \'   echo hello | pbcopy   \''));
//alert(system.callSystem('arch -i386 osascript -e \'   echo hello | pbcopy   \''));
alert("done");

But the second line is returning a syntax error. I get the same in Applescript editor. I guess what I'm asking is whether anyone knows of a good web page for Applescript noobs!

-Ben.

[lloydalvarez]

No need for applescript.

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var myTextString = "I am going on a ride on the clipboard";
system.callSystem("echo " +  myTextString + " | pbcopy");

-Lloyd

[benroll]

Aha! Thanks for that Lloyd... Actually, I just cracked it using the verbose Applescript syntax too, but your method is much better.

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alert(system.callSystem('osascript -e \'   tell application "Finder" to set the clipboard to "I have copied"   \''));

Now to move on to the PC version. Oh dear. I don't even have a PC.

-Ben.