At 1:08 pm -0500 17/1/06, Mark Lively wrote:

>Switch applications.  Bring finder to the front or some other 
>application.  That at least was needed in OS 9.  There are many 
>clipboards, one per app plus the main system one.  The main system 
>one doesn't get updated until applications switch places.

Thank you, but that makes no difference.  It looks as if the whole 
script has to finish running before the clipboard is updated.  I'll 
try a few more things.  Any more suggestions are welcome.

JD

PS.  I see the MACSCRPT Reply-To header has been removed after all 
these years.  That’s going to mean a lot more double replies or else 
“you wrote...” attributions.  I personally very much approve of 
Reply-To headers in spite of the latest recommendations, which seem 
to have been coined by people who are in the habit of posting rude 
personal stuff to lists either through stupidity or because their 
dumb mailers don't show them proper headers.

JD