| Re: Help Needed with Foxtrot Applescript [message #170 is a reply to message #168] |
Tue, 25 March 2014 09:03   |
FoxTrot Engineering
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Potts Jeff wrote:
> I was wondering if anyone had already written an Applescript service where
> I could simply select the text I wish to search, hit an keyboard shortcut
> and it would copy my selected data into the search field and start the
> search.
You can use the FoxTrot system menu: select the text you want to search, type command-E in applications that support the system-wide search string, then use the shortcut defined in FoxTrot's preferences to open FoxTrot's system menu.
If the application where you select the text does not support the system-wide search string, copy the text, use the shortcut to open FoxTrot's system menu, then press the command key to paste the search string.
> Alternatively, could anyone point me in the direction of some scripts that
> I could modify?
To perform a search in FoxTrot from AppleScript, use the following command:
tell application "FoxTrot Professional Search"
activate
search "search string"
end tell
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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