There are 2 pasteboards - the docs mention this... There is the pasteboard = clipboard -- accessible all time EXCEPT during drag n drop There is the pasteboard # clipboard -- accessible ONLY during drag n drop
The 2 do not cross. If you put something on the pasteboard during form events: On begin drag over On drag over On drop it is NOT available during other form events -- or more importantly -- in other processes! How I found this out - yes it is in the docs, but (at least to me) was not clear. - I have an requisition form, the user drags an item to order from another process, and drops it on the requisition form. - after the drop completes, I want to check to see if the item has already been requisitioned, BUT has not yet been ordered. -- I (wanted) to pass item information to a separate process to do a query and present the user with any open requisitions for the item. --- the passing of data was occurring in the On Drop form event, after processing the drop had completed. I could NOT figure out why the data was not showing up on the pasteboard in the query process... many hours later.... --- The data i was trying to pass into the query process was on the Drag N Drop pasteboard, and not on the 'general' pasteboard!!!! so the query process could not see it... hope this helps someone else.. Chip --------------- Gas is for washing parts Alcohol is for drinkin' Nitromethane is for racing ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:4d_tech-unsubscr...@lists.4d.com **********************************************************************
