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 <p...@mollysrevenge.com> 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 <jac...@hyperactivesw.com > >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 | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.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< > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > > > > > > > -- > Pete > Molly's Revenge <http://www.mollysrevenge.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
