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type

type text

type text with commandKey

The type command acts exactly as if the user had typed text from the keyboard.

The text appears in the Message box when it’s visible (or also when it’s hidden if blindTyping is set to true).

To type text into a field or to add paint text, a handler must first set the insertion point (using either the select or click at command).

To perform a menu command, use the form type text with commandKey. For example, if you have a graphic on the Clipboard, you can paste it with the command

type "V" with commandKey

Examples

type "Hello there world" -- in the Message box

select before text of card field 1

type "Hello there world"

type "P" with commandKey -- print card

type "V" with commandKey,shiftKey -- paste a field and its text

Demo Script

on typeIntoMe

  show bkgnd field "demo field"

  set the lockText of bkgnd field "demo field" to false

  select text of bkgnd field "demo field"

  type line 6 of bkgnd field "Help Text A"

  type return & return & "Click the mouse to continue..."

  select empty

  wait until the mouseClick

  hide bkgnd field "demo field"

  set the lockText of bkgnd field "demo field" to true

end typeIntoMe

Related Topics

click at

Placeholders

text

An expression that evaluates to a text string.

A text expression can be a literal string surrounded by quotation marks or the value of a container.

For example:

"Hello"

"The sum is:" && 3

card field 1

line 1 of bg fld "Address"

the Message box

the selection

myVar -- a variable

See also: background, bkgnd, button, card, field, menu, menuItem, and stack

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