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    Nov 16, 2011#1

    Cute new free app available (clicktoapp.com--and no, I'm not affiliated with them), that add behavior to ctrl-c in various programs and gives you a choice to pasting the copied material directly into apps of your choice. You can configure it to add apps, like UE, to the mix. The configuration includes exe path and command line. Now UE allows a file name on the command line, as well as macro and script names, nothing involving material to be pasted from the clipboard.

    Anyone care to take a crack writing a script that will handle this?
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    Grand MasterGrand Master
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      Nov 17, 2011#2

      I do not really understand what you need. Do you need a method to start UltraEdit and the clipboard contents are automatically pasted into a new file using this application?

      I do not understand why you do not simply assign a hotkey to the shortcut starting UltraEdit (shortcut properties), use this hotkey to start UltraEdit and press Ctrl+V to paste the current clipboard contents into the new file (with configuration setting Create new Edit file when opening with no other files enabled) respectively when UltraEdit is already running, switch to UltraEdit, press Ctrl+N to create a new file and use Ctrl+V. With a hotkey for UltraEdit shortcut you need only 2 or 3 key presses to paste something into a new file by
      • pressing hotkey of UltraEdit shortcut and then Ctrl+V, with Create new Edit file when opening with no other files enabled and Reload files previously open on startup not enabled or no file reloaded, OR
      • pressing hotkey of UltraEdit shortcut, then Ctrl+N and last Ctrl+V, with Reload files previously open on startup enabled and files reloaded, OR
      • pressing Alt+Tab (tab, tab) to switch to already running UltraEdit, press Ctrl+N and Ctrl+V.
      However, if you really think you need this tool, you could specify on the command line following script for being executed.

      Code: Select all

      UltraEdit.selectClipboard(0);
// If there is no file open, create a new file.
if (UltraEdit.document.length < 1) UltraEdit.newFile();
else
{
   var nLine = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentLineNum;
   var nColumn = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentColumnNum;
   if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx) == "undefined") nColumn++;
   // If there is a file open which contains already something, create new file.
   if ((nLine > 1) || (nColumn > 1)) UltraEdit.newFile();
   else
   {
      // The caret is at top of a file. Check if file contains anything.
      UltraEdit.activeDocument.bottom();
      nLine = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentLineNum;
      nColumn = UltraEdit.activeDocument.currentColumnNum;
      if (typeof(UltraEdit.activeDocumentIdx) == "undefined") nColumn++;
      if ((nLine > 1) || (nColumn > 1))
      {
         // This file also contains already something.
         UltraEdit.activeDocument.top();
         UltraEdit.newFile();
      }
   }
}
UltraEdit.activeDocument.paste();
      You can specify also on command line the full name of a file not already existing and use configuration setting Create new file if file specified on command line does not exist to let UltraEdit create this file.

      Please note that script execution from command line does not work if an instance of UltraEdit is already running and you have not enabled the configuration setting Allow multiple instances or use on the command line as first parameter /fni to force a new instance of UltraEdit.
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        Nov 18, 2011#3

        Ah! This is why you have the title Grand Master. Thanks.