To get the topmost stack I have to use topStack...

[Mag]

...to get the current card I have to use...

[Klaus]

Monsieur?

[Mag]

Maybe

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the current card name -- pseusocode

[Klaus]

Maybe this:
...
put the short name of this cd of the defaultstack into tCurrentCard
...
?

[Mag]

Hi Klaus, thanks. The fact is that the code is on a card that is not in foreground

[Klaus]

Hi Klaus, thanks. The fact is that the code is on a card that is not in foreground

The code? Soory, no idea what you try to achieve?

[Mag]

Hi Klaus,

I have a handler in a card where there is the need to know what is the current card displayed. And, no... the card displayed is not the one that contains the running code...

[Klaus]

Hm, if:
...
put the short name of this cd of the defaultstack into tCurrentCard
...
is not what you need, then I have still no idea!?

[Mag]

Hi Klaus, isn't "this card" used to refer to the card where the code is running? Actually I need to know the name of the card which is the current frontmost card.

[Klaus]

Hi Klaus, isn't "this card" used to refer to the card where the code is running? Actually I need to know the name of the card which is the current frontmost card.

Ah, I think I get it...

But how do you call that namely script and what is in it?
Means, please post the code.

[Mag]

Hi Klaus, the code is called by a menu item, that menus are located in a different card. The code is simple, a thing like this one:

copy word -3 to -1 of field "output"

[Klaus]

Sorry, still no way!?

How can you select a menu item on card X, but exspect card Y to be the current card?

[Mag]

Because the menu is a pulldown menubar menu on OS X!

[Klaus]

OK last try!

Does this do what you want:

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on menupick xyz
  ...
  set the defaultstack to the topstack

  ## COPY will only copy SELECTED text!
  set the clipboarddata["text"] to (word -3 to -1 of field "output")
...

?

[Mag]

Thank you Klaus! I almost feel sorry that we have found a solution, it was fun!