david
15 July 2007
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A live template can call YOUR custom function when a user invokes it. For instance, a template could brings up a message saying "How disgusting." when a user types "GOTO", and then proceed to erase the GOTO. There's a blog post that tells you how to extend this script schema. The extension involves writing a package with a new "script engine" and then calling that script engine from the live template XML file. The post contains a very good example of how to paste clipboard text wrapped around a try/finally block, by just typing clippy in the code and hitting TAB. This got me thinking. Can we call external applications using live templates? "Of course you can.", is the right answer.