Thanks Bob and Jacque - I think I'm going to submit a comment in the documentation for future reference...
On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 06:40, Mike Bonner <[email protected]> wrote: > copy char 1 to -1 of field "fieldname" -- works fine for me, win 7. > > Set up a stack with 2 fields, 2 buttons, one copies the other pastes. > http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11957935/copyPaste.livecode > > When you say it doesn't seem to do anything, what do you mean? If you have > an insertion point, and paste nothing shows up? The command itself should > have an empty result, and "it" should also contain nothing. However, if > you issue the command from the message box, you should get a "true" > response to see that it worked. > > As mentioned before, sometimes its easier to just set and/or get the > clipboarddata directly. > > Oh, you can also "put the clipboard" and it will tell you what kinds of > data it contains if any. > > On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 12:00 AM, Pete <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I can see where the confusion comes from on this. The dictionary claims > > you can copy a chunk of a control to the clipboard, even has an example > - > > copy word -3 to -1 of field "Help". > > > > Maybe it used to work as documented in the dictionary and somehow got > > changed over the years? > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 7:20 PM, J. Landman Gay < > [email protected] > > >wrote: > > > > > On 11/29/11 5:43 PM, Mike Kerner wrote: > > > > > > copy char 1 to -1 of field "total" -- doesn't seem to do anything. > > >> > > >> > > > If you do it that way, you need to select the text first, just as if > you > > > were doing it manually: > > > > > > select char 1 to -1 of fld "total" > > > copy > > > > > > But as was already mentioned, setting the clipboardData is much > cleaner. > > > > > > -- > > > Jacqueline Landman Gay | [email protected] > > > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > > > > ______________________________**_________________ > > > use-livecode mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > > subscription preferences: > > > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode< > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > Pete > > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.com> > > _______________________________________________ > > use-livecode mailing list > > [email protected] > > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > > subscription preferences: > > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > -- On the first day, God created the heavens and the Earth On the second day, God created the oceans. On the third day, God put the animals on hold for a few hours, and did a little diving. And God said, "This is good." _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
