I see what you are saying. I just tried the following: *
on* mouseUp *put* the clipboarddata["html"] into tHTML *put* the number of chars in tHTML & linefeed & tHTML into field "feedback" * end* mouseUp The output of this script is the following: 7 <p></p> "<p></p>" contains 7 characters, which is what the output counted. If there were hidden characters that did not show up in the field, then the character count should have been higher. I think MS Word does something funny with copying - very annoying. On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 3:08 PM, Keith Clarke < keith.cla...@clarkeandclarke.co.uk> wrote: > I'm confused, how do you know the characters are missing until you paste > the clipboard contents somewhere within LC to render them and see them? > > If you 'test' by rendering any formatted text into a field, you get the > field's behaviour of partial interpretation of some text formatting in your > test data. However, if you test by rendering into a custom property (or > file) you will not get the field's artefacts added to the clipboard data. > > I hope that helps. > Best, > Keith.. > > > On 2 Sep 2011, at 19:59, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > > > Hi Keith, > > > > The characters are entitely absent from the clipboarddata["html"] and > every > > other element of the clipboard array. > > > > Are there other means of accessing the clipboard besides using the > > clipboarddata or paste operations? > > > > On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 2:48 PM, Keith Clarke < > > keith.cla...@clarkeandclarke.co.uk> wrote: > > > >> It might be worth avoiding pasting into an LC field (LC fields can be > >> awkward when working with formatted text such as HTML/XML as they > interpret > >> some tags). It might be worth an experiment to > >> 1) paste the clipboard contents into an LC variable, instead of a field > >> 2) set custom property to the variable and then > >> 3) view the custom property in the Property inspector - to see if you > get > >> any characters or blanks > >> > >> That way you'd know if the problem is with the LC paste function (a > >> potential engine bug) or simply a field rendering one (a problem I get > with > >> HTML and XML tags all the time). > >> Best, > >> Keith.. > >> > >> On 2 Sep 2011, at 18:51, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > >> > >>> I just tried it, but no success. > >>> > >>> I copied a bunch of apostrophes from Word, and used a button that puts > >> the > >>> clipboarddata["html"] into a field. All the field shows is "<p></p>" - > >> all > >>> of the apostrophes were omitted, even though I can paste them into > >> Notepad. > >>> > >>> Do you have any other suggestions? I will try them all. > >>> > >>> Unfortunately, all elements in the clipboarddata array do not have the > >>> missing characters - I tried them. > >>> > >>> I just worked out a technique using VBScript and IE rather than Word, > and > >> it > >>> works fine, but is no faster than the method I was using with Word. > >>> > >>> Are there any externals available that might be useful? > >>> > >>> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:10 PM, J. Landman Gay < > jac...@hyperactivesw.com > >>> wrote: > >>> > >>>> On 9/2/11 10:21 AM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi everyone. > >>>>> > >>>>> When I type this word into MS Word: it's > >>>>> > >>>>> Then copy and paste it into a field in RunRev, the apostrophe gets > >>>>> omitted. > >>>>> This is on a windows system. The character in question is not the > usual > >>>>> apostrophe, but is the curly apostrophe that MS Word uses. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> I haven't tried it, but it might be possible to trap the pasteKey > >> message > >>>> and instead of pasting directly, set the htmltext of the selection to > >> the > >>>> clipboard["html"]. Maybe Word inserts character entities that LiveCode > >> can > >>>> read. > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> 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 > >> > > > > > > > > -- > > Do all things with love > > _______________________________________________ > > 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 > -- Do all things with love _______________________________________________ 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
