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typetype 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
Examplestype "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 Scripton 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 Placeholders
textAn 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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