copying unicode text into other applications

[Jan Schenkel]

--- Randolph Valentine <jrvalent at wisc.edu> wrote:
>  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
> 

Almost there - from the documentation for
'clipboardData':
##
set the clipboardData["html"] to the htmlText of field
"my_field"
##

And in extreme cases where this doesn't work, you can
still try the following trick:
##
select char 1 to -1 of field "my_field"
copy
##

Hope this helped,

Jan Schenkel.

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