Can I pass a variable (file pathway) to windows7 system clipboard?

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

Every time I must correct an image I have to upload it to the net work with an inner app I must use. I use CS5.

I need to "paste" the place where the image is in the network (for example z:/abc/user/images/fegvfb.jpg ) and I have allready a saving code that has this variable already.

After I have saved the image, I must go to the system (windows7) where the image is on the network, and "copy" the file pathway and paste it into the app (I must use this app)

Because I manage to deal with hundreds images every day, I wonder if it is possible to copy to windows7 clipboard th image pathway I already have as a variable when I save any image.

If I manage to do that, I can go directly from photoshop to my app (avoiding go to windows system).

[Paul Riggott]

This will put the active documents path to the clipboard ....

system( "echo " + decodeURI(activeDocument.path.fsName) + " | clip.exe");

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

well, couldn't manage to convert this string:

/z/SS12/Spinnaker.Women_3736/BURBERRY.BRIT/Photo/_v_10151022-BURBERRY.BRIT.3792285.62b.25000.TRENCH.Cotton/Photoshop Retouched/web

to:

Z:\SS12\Spinnaker.Women_3736\BURBERRY.BRIT\Photo\_v_10151022-BURBERRY.BRIT.3792285.62b.25000.TRENCH.Cotton\Photoshop Retouched\web\

- pick my variable (it is a folder)

- change always at the begining    /z/   to   Z:\

- search and change any "/" caracter to "\"

- I will need to add another "\" at the end of the string so my app works and searches a folder "web"

- Then I can send it to clipboard

[Paul Riggott · Accepted solution]

You could do something like this ...

var str = "/z/SS12/Spinnaker.Women_3736/BURBERRY.BRIT/Photo/_v_10151022-BURBERRY. BRIT.3792285.62b.25000.TRENCH.Cotton/Photoshop Retouched/web";
var Drive = str.substr(1,1);
str= decodeURI(str).substr(2);
var cmd = Drive.toUpperCase()+':' +str.replace(/\//g,'\\') + '\\';
system( "echo " + cmd+ " | clip.exe");

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

  Thanks!

[Pedro Cortez Marques]

Hi again

My app gives me an error. It needs to have only this (example:)

Z:\SS12\Spinnaker.Women_3736\BURBERRY.BRIT\Photo\_v_10151022-BURBERRY. BRIT.3792285.62b.25000.TRENCH.Cotton\Photoshop Retouched\web\

When it copy the string to clipboard it ads 2 invisible caracters at the end:

1 - a space

2 - a paragraph

Can it be deleted?

[Paul Riggott]

Could you please try one of these...

//If a file spec
var file = File("/z/SS12/Spinnaker.Women_3736/BURBERRY.BRIT/Photo/_v_10151022-BURBERRY. BRIT.3792285.62b.25000.TRENCH.Cotton/Photoshop Retouched/web/fileName.jpg");
app.system("echo " + decodeURI(Folder(file.path).fsName) +"\\ | clip.exe");
 
//If folder spec
var folder = Folder("/z/SS12/Spinnaker.Women_3736/BURBERRY.BRIT/Photo/_v_10151022-BURBERRY. BRIT.3792285.62b.25000.TRENCH.Cotton/Photoshop Retouched/web");
app.system("echo " + decodeURI(folder.fsName) +"\\ | clip.exe");
 

I have tested both of these pasting the result from the clipboard into Windows Explorer and they both work. It does look as if a space is being added at the end but that would clip.exe adding this and cannot be removed.