OK, got it working.
What we're doing is pasting an entire screen of mainframe data and then
using certain fields for order entry, so the screen doesn't need to be
edited.
The most foolproof (and we know where this is gonna go...) is to use
set var vPasteText = (CVAL('CLIPBOARDTEXT'))
I've put it in a double-click EEP in the target variable memo control.
That way I don't have to worry about changing focus; heck I don't even
have to paste the text into the variable memo control, but it's good to
show it for operator comfort level.
It's cool - they copy the entire mainframe screen and double click on
the memo control and - poof! It's all processed!
Thanks Razzak, Karen and Dennis for your help.
Doug
On 2/17/2015 4:36 PM, Dennis McGrath wrote:
PROPERTY VariableMemo PasteFromClipboard 'TRUE'
PROPERTY VariableMemo SET_FOCUS 'TRUE'
PROPERTY VariableMemo LASTCHAR 'TRUE'
Property Btn_Paste SET_FOCUS 'TRUE' --pull focus away so variable
gets updated
Pause 1 using .vPasteText – looking good!
*From:*[email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On Behalf Of *A.
Razzak Memon
*Sent:* Tuesday, February 17, 2015 4:18 PM
*To:* RBASE-L Mailing List
*Subject:* [RBASE-L] - Re: PROPERTY PASTEFROMCLIPBOARD
Doug,
For PasteTextFromClipBoard.rff form, update the "On Click EEP" for
[Paste Text from Windows Clipboard] button as follows:
PROPERTY VariableMemo PasteFromClipboard 'TRUE'
PROPERTY VariableMemo SET_FOCUS 'TRUE'
PROPERTY VariableMemo LASTCHAR 'TRUE'
This will also allow users to add further text at the end, if they wish.
SHOW VARIABLE vPasteText should return the correct value.
That's all there is to it!
Have fun!
Razzak
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Hamilton <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>>
To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> (RBASE-L Mailing List)
Date: Tue, 17 Feb 2015 16:05:06 -0600
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: PROPERTY PASTEFROMCLIPBOARD
Yeah, that does it. Thanks Karen.
But the pasting is done by a separate button that has the
PasteFromClipBoard property. So to get it to work, I click the Paste
button (which pastes the text into the variable memo control), then
click the variable memo control and then tab off it. The variable
vPasteText is then updated.
After the PASTE property, I'll try programmatically setting focus on
the Variable Memo and then off of it.
Seems like extra horsing around - I tried RECALC VARIABLES but that
didn't work. Is there an equivalent PROPERTY command?
Hmm, maybe I'll put the PASTE property in a double-click EEP on the
Variable Memo control itself and then programmatically advance to the
next field.
Doug
On 2/17/2015 3:23 PM, Karen Tellef wrote:
Doug: have you "moved off" the variable memo field? This has
tripped me up before. Until you move off the field you haven't
"saved" the value into the variable. You might have to have the
eep advance to the next field after the paste?
Karen
-----Original Message-----
From: Doug Hamilton <[email protected]> <mailto:[email protected]>
To: RBASE-L Mailing List <[email protected]>
<mailto:[email protected]>
Sent: Tue, Feb 17, 2015 3:15 pm
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: PROPERTY PASTEFROMCLIPBOARD
Thank you Razzak.
I'm able to run the PasteTextFromClipBoard external form and text
gets pasted into the Variable Memo control (variable = vPasteText)
when I click the Paste button.
But when I sho var, the variable vPasteText is null.
Shouldn't it contain the pasted text?
If I do a Ctrl-V and manually paste text into the Variable Memo
control, the text gets pasted and the variable vPasteText contains
the pasted text.
That's what I'm trying to accomplish.
Am I misunderstanding the PasteFromClipBoard property?
Thanks much for your help.
Doug
9.5.5.20214 (32)
On 2/16/2015 6:37 PM, A. Razzak Memon wrote:
At 06:47 PM 2/16/2015, Doug Hamilton wrote:
I give up, how does it work?
I've got a Variable Memo control for the variable vPasteText,
component ID
cidPasteText. On a DoubleClick EEP for the Variable Memo, I have:
PROPERTY cidPasteText PASTEFROMCLIPBOARD TRUE
As I TRACE, the text gets pasted into the Variable Memo
control, but the
variable vPasteText remains null.
RECALC VARIABLES doesn't work and I've tried TRUE and 'TRUE'.
Attributes Word Wrap, How Hint and Tab Stop are the only ones
checked.
None of the Cut, Copy and Paste Settings are checked to
prevent the
respective action.
Here's a sample that illustrates the use of such property ...
http://www.Razzak.com/SampleApplications/files/PasteTextFromClipBoard.zip
<http://www.razzak.com/SampleApplications/files/PasteTextFromClipBoard.zip>
This is an External Form File and you should be able to run
from any
R:BASE eXtreme 9.5 session regardless of the connected database.
Have fun!
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak
