I really want to have the same forms for every platform, not have to generate 40 different fields on the fly and manage all of that.
I might try converting my forms into HTML forms and using the browser widget. I hate that because I invested so much time into the forms I have created, but not being able to paste text on a tablet kinda stinks. Sent from my iPhone > On Jun 25, 2017, at 11:46 AM, J. Landman Gay via use-livecode > <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: > > They can paste text normally if you use a native field. The only restriction > is that LC can't manage the clipboard through script alone. But if you create > a mobile field the OS handles it as expected. > > In other words, copy and paste is currently limited to manual user actions. > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > > >> On June 25, 2017 11:07:08 AM Jonathan Lynch via use-livecode >> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >> >> I was very surprised it wasn't. I plan to submit Augmented Earth to the >> apple App Store today. I am going to be embarrassed to tell users they >> cannot paste text into their reports on a mobile device. >> >> I think I will try to find a workaround between version 1 and version 1.1 >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Jun 25, 2017, at 10:28 AM, hlowe via use-livecode >>> <use-livecode@lists.runrev.com> wrote: >>> >>> iOS native text fields (and I presume other native mobile text fields) >>> support manual copy and paste actions - the user has to manually select the >>> text and then initiate the action. I don't know of any way to >>> programatically copy and paste to/from the iOS clipboard nor to access the >>> data on the clipboard. Perhaps I am missing something? >>> >>> In Objective C this appears to be relatively straight forward: >>> >>> UIPasteboard *pasteboard = [UIPasteboard generalPasteboard]; >>> pasteboard.string = @"some text to be pasted"; >>> >>> Is there is a reason why basic mobile clipboard support was never >>> implemented in LiveCode? >>> >>> It would be very nice to be able to get and set the rawClipboardData on >>> mobile but that is only possible on the desktop. >>> >>> Henry >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> View this message in context: >>> http://runtime-revolution.278305.n4.nabble.com/How-do-we-access-the-clipboard-on-mobile-devices-tp4716158p4716182.html >>> Sent from the Revolution - User mailing list archive at Nabble.com. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 _______________________________________________ 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
