Create folder or empty file with name from clipboard

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I would like to create two similar scripts to assign into my right click content menu. The first is to create a Folder named by Clipboard contents and the second to create an empty .txt file named by Clipboard if Clipboard contains a string.

The problem is I haven't work with scripts before and I have no idea where to start from!

Any ideas, tips are welcome!

Thank you in advance!

J!

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To create a folder from clip, add this:

CreateFolder FROMCLIPBOARDDon't know if you really need a script to check clipboard content before calling this command, I guess DO does some validation on it's own.

To create an empty textfile, maybe start with this, it's also not a script. o)

@nofilenamequoting @runonce FSUtil.exe file createnew "{sourcepath$}\{clip}.txt" 0

To get a general start, I'd look into the manual and the scripting examples at first. Then discover what DOpus.GetClip() and .GetClipFormat() have to offer.

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Scripting shouldn't be needed for either thing, unless you have additional requirements.

TBone's already given a good answer for the folder part.

For the file part, the How to Create New/Empty Files FAQ shows ways to create empty files in Opus (no need to use FSUtil.exe). Just add {clip} to one of those commands to make it use the clipboard as the name. There are several different commands there, depending on whether you want the option of typing a new name or editing the file straight away.

(I've renamed the thread, since "Help with script!!!" was not very descriptive.)

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PS: If you do want/need to use scripting for this, my Paste empty file list script probably does a lot of what you are looking for.

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I have just returned and found two answers!!!

Thank you both!!!

Actually you are both right It's too simple to write a script!
My first chance to get involved with scripting is gone!!!

Thanks again!
J!

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Not necessarily, I mean these builtin features can be replaced completely by some lines of script.
So there's still alot to learn and try, recreating something existing in another way isn't a bad exercise at all. o)

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Thank you tbone!!!

J!