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Posted: **Fri Jan 11, 2019 4:28 pm**

Yesterday I uploaded some LiveCode Builder examples that wrap Webkit/WebArchive and NSFileWrapper to my repo for LCB exploration on macOS. I was exploring how to place an HTML document and an RTFD document on the clipboard so that a user can paste text and images into apps like Pages or Word as well as Apple Mail.

The Webkit example has a function that takes a path to an HTML file on your computer (could be updated to take a URL as well) and returns data that can be placed on the clipboard using `the rawclipboardData`:

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put GetWebArchiveDataFromFile("/path/to/my_html.html") into tArchive
lock clipboard
set the rawClipboardData to empty
set the rawClipboardData["com.apple.webarchive"] to tArchive
unlock clipboard

The NSFileWrapper example has a function that takes a path to a file and returns a serialized representation of that file that can then be placed on the clipboard using `the rawclipboardData`:

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put GetSerializedRepresentationFromFile("/path/to/my_rtf_file.rtfd") into tSerializedData
lock clipboard
set the rawClipboardData to empty
set the rawClipboardData["com.apple.flat-rtfd"] to tSerializedData
unlock clipboard

I have tested `GetSerializedRepresentationFromFile()` with RTFD files though it should work with other types of files as well. I just don't know which ones.

Using `the raw clipboardData` you can put both RTFD and the webarchive on the clipboard at the same time.

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...
lock clipboard
set the rawClipboardData to empty
set the rawClipboardData["com.apple.webarchive"] to tArchive
set the rawClipboardData["com.apple.flat-rtfd"] to tSerializedData
unlock clipboard

You will find the code in the Webkit and NSFileWrapper folders. Here is the repo link:

https://github.com/trevordevore/lc-macos-toolset/

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Webkit/WebArchive and NSFileWrapper examples

Webkit/WebArchive and NSFileWrapper examples