Old 11-17-2019, 12:45 PM   #1
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Hi,

I have a simple script that I use for creating track notes.
It just opens the track notes and then opens a message box, so I can copy and paste some stuff in to the track notes.

It would be even easier if I could open a txt file (I'm in Windows), as formatting the message box is messy. It's easier to just use a text file.

Is there something I could put in my script to open E:\path\filename.txt?
Thanks
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Old 11-17-2019, 12:51 PM   #2
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Have a look at, reaper.ExecProcess, I use it something like,
reaper.ExecProcess('notepad.exe '.. filepath, -1)
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Old 11-17-2019, 12:54 PM   #3
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Boy that was quick!
Thanks for that Edge meal - I figured there must be a way to do this, but I didn't really know where to look (except ask here)
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Old 11-17-2019, 01:40 PM   #4
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There's the CF_SetClipboard function, I think it's from SWS. You can get the contents of a file into the clipboard, ready for pasting anywhere...

Code:
local file = io.open("e:/path/filename.txt", "r")
local contents = file:read("*a")
file:close()
reaper.CF_SetClipboard(contents)
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Old 11-17-2019, 03:27 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by -_~ View Post
There's the CF_SetClipboard function, I think it's from SWS. You can get the contents of a file into the clipboard, ready for pasting anywhere...

Code:
local file = io.open("e:/path/filename.txt", "r")
local contents = file:read("*a")
file:close()
reaper.CF_SetClipboard(contents)
Thanks for that - it's an al ernative way - I'll try them both and see which works best.
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