Script command: Send text file content to clipboard

qiuqiu · October 28, 2020, 7:44am

Examples:
Send the contents of the specified file to the clipboard.
CopyContent c:\test.txt

Send the contents of the file with the extension txt in the specified folder to the clipboard.
CopyContent c:\temp PATTERN *.(txt|vbs) FILEINFO TRIM

Send file content to clipboard for all selected TXT files only.
CopyContent PATTERN *.TXT

github.com

laoqiuqiu/DOpus-Script/blob/master/CopyContent.vbs

Option Explicit

' CopyContent
' (c) 2020 qiuqiu

' Arguments:
'     APPEND    (Switch)   Optional, Default is False, Append to clipboard.
'     FILE      (multiple) Optional, The full path to one or more files, Multiple files are separated by spaces.
'     FILEINFO  (Switch)   Optional, Default is False, include file information.
'     PATTERN   (keyword)  Optional, Specify the wildcard pattern which files must match.
'     REGEXP    (Switch)   Optional, Default is False, Enables regular expression mode.
'     TRIM      (keyword)  Optional, Default is all, Without leading spaces (left), trailing spaces (right), or both leading and trailing spaces (all).

' Examples:
'     Send the contents of the specified file to the clipboard.
'     CopyContent c:\test.txt
'
'     Send the contents of the file with the extension txt in the specified folder to the clipboard.
'     CopyContent c:\temp PATTERN *.(txt|vbs) FILEINFO TRIM
'

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playful · July 2, 2021, 4:52pm

Hi @qiuqiu that sounds very useful.
Should CopyContent {file} work?
Would you please provide install instructions for the command?

qiuqiu · July 3, 2021, 2:50am

CopyContent {filepath} or CopyContent "{filepath}"

This command is still not recognized {file}

playful · July 3, 2021, 9:28am

Thank you, but strangely I'm not getting the command to work.

Here's the Command, taken from the raw file on GitHub:

And here's the button (I've tried with or without the quotes):

button

Do you know what I'm doing wrong?

Leo · July 3, 2021, 12:53pm

See the Script Add-Ins part of How to use buttons and scripts from this forum - #2 by Leo

playful · July 3, 2021, 1:34pm

Not the first time I install a script... Yesterday I tried the regular approach, copying CopyContent.vbs.txt to AppData\Roaming\GPSoftware\Directory Opus\Script AddIns, but the button calling CopyContent said "unknown function". Looking at Prefs / Toolbars / Scripts, under CopyContent it says Failed (init)

That's why since qiuqiu mentioned commands I tried the old approach of creating a user command directly in the Customize menu.

Leo · July 3, 2021, 1:59pm

You can fix things by search & replace on this:

Find: Dopus.Strings.Get("desc") (2 occurrences)
Replace: "Send text file content to clipboard."

And:

Find: Dopus.Strings.Get("group")
Replace: "File Command"

I'm not sure why Dopus.Strings.Get isn't working, but I can't get it to work either. The XML at the bottom has some unusual formatting and case in places, but it doesn't seem to be (just) that which is causing the problem. I'll take a look in more detail next week, as either something is wrong in Opus or the documentation (or I'm just confused myself).

playful · July 3, 2021, 2:35pm

Big thanks, Leo!
Have a fun weekend.

Leo · July 5, 2021, 4:23pm

Found the problem: Script resources don't work if the file is saved with Unix-style line endings. I'm guessing GitHub converts line endings to that format for some reason.

We'll make that work in the next update, but you can also fix it for now by copying the text and pasting it into a new file.

Leo · July 9, 2021, 2:42pm

Fix for script resources with Unix-style line endings is in the beta released today: Directory Opus 12.24.1 (Beta)

playful · July 10, 2021, 10:03pm

Fantastic. Nice sleuthing, Leo.
That kind of things does pop up every once in a while… Line endings, BOM or no BOM… But not so often that I remember to think of it.
Wishing you a great week.