In a menubar window, runs the script attached to the bar cursor
In a table window, runs the selected script or string
In an outline window, runs the selected headline
In a text window, runs the selected text as a string
Returns
Result of the execution of the selection as a script.
Examples
Open root.examples.docs and select the entry labeled "Basic1." It is a string containing: dialog.confirm ("OK to trash hard disk?"). In the QuickScript Window, execute:
runSelection ()
» true
Returns true regardless of your answer to the dialog, indicating that the command executed correctly.
Errors
A variety of errors can be generated if the selection is not a valid Frontier script, depending on what is wrong with it.
Notes
The Frontier Command-/ and ctrl-/ commands are implemented using runSelection.
If you execute runSelection in an outline structure, Frontier deposits the result of the execution as a comment immediately beneath the selected structure.
