Class data from clipboard

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#1

Hi, I am trying to make a script check if the data in the clipboard is the right type, If I create the next script:


set X to the clipboard

I will get this result:


--> {«class XMSS»:«data XMSS3C..........

My question is how can I get the XMSS from this code? I have created the next script:


set X to the clipboard
if X does not contain "«class XMSS»" then
	say "Error 1"
end if

but this does not work :frowning: any ideas will help! thank you!

#2

You may try :

set X to the clipboard

set Y to (clipboard info)
--> {{«class weba», 7645}, {«class RTF », 711}, {«class HTML», 7245}, {«class utf8», 62}, {«class ut16», 122}, {uniform styles, 2496}, {string, 60}, {scrap styles, 282}, {Unicode text, 120}}
if Y as text does not contain "«class XMSS»" then
	say "Error 1"
end if

Yvan KOENIG running Sierra 10.12.6 in French (VALLAURIS, France) samedi 22 juillet 2017 11:05:01

#3

Another idea:

set X to (the clipboard as record) & {«class XMSS»:missing value}
set XMSSData to X's «class XMSS»
if (XMSSData is missing value) then
	say "Error 1"
else
	return XMSSData
end if

The first line ensures that X is a record and that it has a «class XMSS» property. If the clipboard contains a record with a «class XMSS» property, X’s «class XMSS» property will have the same value. If not, the value will be the ‘missing value’ from the concatenated record.

#4

Simply,


try
	set XMSSData to the clipboard as «class XMSS»
on error
	set XMSSData to missing value -- The clipboard doesn't contain XMSS data
end try