fill field with content from clipboard

[glzm0]

Hello,

how do I fill some field with the content of the clipboard.

It's ordinary text. Do I have this to do with AppleScript or is it possible with scripts from/for FileMaker?

I scan my Barcode with an external application, the UPC-code was send to the clipboard. If I activate the my databse I want to press a button which fills the content from the clipboard in my field.

I tryed the forumssearch but didn't find any usefull hints.

Maybe someona can help me? :

wkr R.W.

[Lee Smith]

Take a look at Insert Picture, you can do this buy using the Main Menu Insert... Picture, or make a script to automate it some.

Lee

[Fenton]

Filling a field with text contents of the clipboard would be just the Paste step, specify field.

[Matt Klein]

Is it necessary to scan the barcode into the external application? If not, then you should be able to just click into the field in FileMaker and scan the barcode. The text should then go directly into the field.

I have used barcode scanners this way.

[glzm0]

Hey I got it :

Thanks for your hints. It works in different ways.

I don't know why I overlooked the normal "paste" option in the scriptfunktions :. This works like I want this.

I scan with my iSight. That's the reason why it's not possible to fill in the value directly into the field after the scan.

First I have to start my Barcodescanning programm. This sends the scanned value to the clipboard.

Now everything is working. I am realy glad for you hints. Thank you very much.

wkr R.W. aka glzm0