select -> copy / find whats it clipboard

[Akyno]

Hi,

Im trying to create a small Macro to select text in one open document, copy it into clipboard then switch to another open document and find the string that was copied to clipboard.

My macro looks like that

SelectLine
Copy
NextDocument
Top
Find RegExp "^c"
SelectLine

somehow it doenst work. It just doesnt find the string even if the string is in the clipboard.. If I try to find the string that the macro has copied to the clipboard manualy.. i can find it.

strings that i try to find are like this "000000149571-001-1", so I have to use selectline instead of selectword.
any ideas how to make it work?

regards
Matthias

[palou]

Hi Akyno,

You can't us RegExp with the ^c for clipboard replacement.
So try this:

Code: Select all

SelectLine
Copy
NextDocument
Top
Find "^c"
SelectLine


It's a limitation of the find command (it's explain in the documentation
under regular expression).

Regards from Geneva,

[Akyno]

hmm, tried it... still doesnt work... but its just a problem when I try to search for strings with - in them.. like this

000000149521-001-1

if I remove the - (0000001495210011) and use selectword instead of selectline, it works..

no idea why...

[palou]

By me it seems to work just fine. Could you post some
example of your faulty files.

the macro I use is this:

Code: Select all

SelectLine
Copy
NextDocument
Top
Find "^c"
IfFound
SelectLine
Else
PreviousDocument
EndIf


Regards,

Alain

[Akyno]

hmm.. what version are you using?
I'm using 11.00

[palou]

I'm still in 10.20d+ (I wait a bit before upgrading).