Adding line returns into Appleworks database record

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#1

I’m trying to add a multiline text str as a value of a field in Appleworks 6 database, but no matter what I do it removes the line returns.

tell application "Appleworks 6"
  set doc to front document
  set r to (make new record in doc)
  set value of field "CompanyAddress" of current record of doc to "Some Company\rAddr1\rAddr2"
end tell

the field in appleworks becomes Some Company Addr1 Addr2

I’ve also tried \n

please help

Dave Stephenson

#2

Hi Dave,

AppleWorks’ scripting was still buggy when they stopped updating it. As a workaround, you could use ui scripting. Something like this:


tell application "AppleWorks 6"
	activate
	set r to (make new record at front document)
	set current record of front document to r
end tell
set t to "000" & return & "111"
set tk to ASCII character 9
tell application "System Events"
	tell process "AppleWorks 6"
		keystroke tk -- tab to first field of new record
		keystroke "a" with command down -- select all text
		keystroke t -- replace
	end tell
end tell

Edited: in the ‘keystroke’ command, change ‘with’ to using in post Jaguar OS.

gl,