Jim, get shell("textutil -convert rtf" && quote & "path/to/file.docx" & quote)
This will produce a file path/to/file.rtf, which you can read with LiveCode. -- Best regards, Mark Schonewille Economy-x-Talk Consulting and Software Engineering Homepage: http://economy-x-talk.com Twitter: http://twitter.com/xtalkprogrammer KvK: 50277553 New: Download the Installer Maker Plugin 1.6 for LiveCode here http://qery.us/ce On 9 jun 2011, at 16:03, James Hurley wrote: > If one copies a Word document from within Word and pastes that copy into a LC > field, much of the formatting is retained. > > Not so if one just uses: get url "file:" & tFileName > > Is there a way, within LC, to obtain the copy and paste formatting, perhaps > with an imbedded AppleScript? > > Thanks, > > Jim _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode