Couldn’t you choose door number 2? Using just the clipBoardData without a parameter is something I never do anymore.
Bob S > On Nov 13, 2023, at 11:24 AM, Craig Newman via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > Hi. > > I always use the “htmlText”. > > Of course this encodes the original text with HTML tags, so you cannot just: > > set the clipBoardData to the htmlText of fld 1 > set the text of fld 2 to the clipBoardData > > you have to: set the htmltext of fld 2 to the clipBoardData > > > > Craig > > >> On Nov 13, 2023, at 12:18 PM, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> Hivemind, >> >> Recommendation as to what is best to set the clipboardData property to, when >> you want to copy styled text from a field to the clipboard for exchange with >> a 3rd party (any 3rd party) application that supports some form of styled >> text, that can include text in multiple languages (i.e. Unicode)? >> >> Examples: >> 1) set the clipboardData["rtf"] to the rtfText of fld "X" >> 2) set the clipboardData["html"] to the htmlText of fld "X" >> 3) set the clipboardData["text"] to the text of fld "X" -- since the text in >> field since LC7 is unicode >> 4) set the clipboardData["unicode"] to the textEncode(fld "X","UTF-16") >> >> Something else? Should fullClipboardData or rawClipboardData be used >> instead? Looking for best practice recommendation. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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 _______________________________________________ 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
