Copy and Paste in Report Writer

[robmac]

When editing a report in the report writer from within the VFP 7.0 development environment, I can copy and paste expressions from within the expression builder using CTRL-C and CTRL-V without any trouble....however, if I call the report writer from within an app using:

modify report <reportname>

I can't do any copying and pasting from within the expression builder...instead it just tries to print the control characters, any ideas what could cause this??

 

[rgbean]

Yes, you need to add the Edit pad (where the Copy, Paste, etc. command short cuts are defined) to your menu.

Rick

 

[robmac]

Does the edit pad have to be added to the menu using the VFP _medit?? or can you just declare the individual Cut, Copy, and Paste items on a menu somewhere in the app...can there be additional things on the menu, or should it be just the base VFP edit menu?

 

[Mike Gagnon]

To follow up on Rick's suggestion, creata a quick menu and look at the Edit part of the menu, and copy all of those (Copy paste..etc.) into your own menu>