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Setting the Clipboard (Into FileMaker)

Donovan Chandler edited this page Feb 19, 2020 · 3 revisions

You've modified a FileMaker clipboard object in your text editor. Now what? You need to load that xml text onto the clipboard in a special format that FileMaker will recognize as one of its objects. The methods I've found for accomplishing this are presented below in descending order (favored to less favored).

AppleScript

This AppleScript is basically the same as the bundle command, except that you can run it from anywhere and any text editor. Store it in your dock, in your scripts menu... anywhere. I like to call it using Quicksilver.

Set_Clipboard.zip

TextMate Command

This is the default way of pulling clipboard contents into TextMate. The command is called Load Snippet to Clipboard. You can also use the keyboard shortcut ⌘-B.

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