copying unicode text into other applications

[Randolph Valentine]

 Hello, all. I have Unicode text in a field, the text consisting of syllabic
characters from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics portion of Unicode. It
displays fine, and I¹m very happily able to produce it via a script, but I
can¹t figure out how to copy it to the clipboard so that it comes out right
pasted into, say, MicroSoft Word.

The Revolution dictionary says:

To copy or export Unicode text from a field while preserving font, style,
size, and color information, use the htmlText property.

 Now, really, this note is not terribly helpful, because it doesn't tell you
HOW to do this!

 So when I try something like:

set the clipboarddata["htmltext"] to the htmlText of field "my_field"

 I get garbage pasted into Word.

 And when I try

set the clipboarddata["htmltext"] to the unicodeText of field "my_field"

 Still garbage. What is the command (sequence) to get the Unicode text to
properly copy? Thanks.

rand valentine