On Mar 15, 2010, at 5:01 AM, Žorvaršur Davķšsson wrote:
> How can I save a document on the desktop with a macro using a text selection from the document?
>
> In Nisus Classic I used this:
> Copy
> Save
> Paste
> Enter [this would simulate the Enter or the Return key, I have forgotten how this macro command exactly looked like in Nisus Classic]
In NWP, you can use "Press Default Button" command but "Paste" and "Send Text" do not work for Save As dialog box. A bug or some limitation of the dialog box? Anyway, I think the following will do the job.
$doc = Document.active
if $doc == undefined
exit # no open document or no focus
end
$fileName = Read Selection
if $fileName == ''
exit 'No selection, exiting...'
end
if $doc.filePath == undefined
$ext = 'rtf'
else
$ext = $doc.filePath.filePathExtension
end
$path = User Property 'home folder path'
$path &= '/Desktop/' & $fileName
$path &= '.' & $ext
Save As $path # or: Save To $path
File.revealPathInFinder $path # remove this command if you find it unnecessary
Attention: the macro overwrite a file of the same name in the same location without warning.
On Mar 15, 2010, at 4:56 PM, Žorvaršur Davķšsson wrote:
> Today I wanted to test the following lines:
>
> $path = '/Users/meinewenigkeit/Desktop
> $name = Read Selection
> $name = $name &= .rtf
> Save to $path, $name
>
> I actually intended to close the path with an apostrophe (') after the word "Desktop" , but it seems I forgot it.
You forgot also a slash / after "Desktop". And the syntax of "Save To" command is wrong. See the reference.
> The result was that the files and folders I had on the Desktop suddenly all disappeared and the Desktop folder itself is now a Nisus document
I don't know what happened. But, before running a new macro, you should do some testing, e.g. use "exit" command to verify the path composed by the macro, create a new folder and use /Users/you/Desktop/untitled folder/ instead of the Desktop folder to see if the macro really saves the file in it, etc.
Kino
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