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torturedmind
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to add to sir mike's post, _CLIPTEXT stores only the most recent character expression (strings if you may call it) that have been selected with Ctrl+C or Copy.
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kilroy
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"If the automobile had followed the same development cycle as the computer, a Rolls-Royce would today cost $100, get one million miles to the gallon, and explode once a year, killing everyone inside."
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Bill,
This may not apply to what you're doing, but you do need to be careful when using _CLIPTEXT in an application. _CLIPTEXT is not just confined to VFP but the whole of windows, which can cause problems -
[ol]Say the user sets a routine going in your application and then goes to do a letter in Word. If they should copy some text between the time that your routine copies text and then uses it, _CLIPTEXT will get changed.[/ol]
I had a report that took a minute or so to run and kept getting unexpected results. These were because the user was copying text while the report was running.
I got around this by immediately copying _CLIPTEXT to a variable.
Hope that helps,
Stewart
PS If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
This may not apply to what you're doing, but you do need to be careful when using _CLIPTEXT in an application. _CLIPTEXT is not just confined to VFP but the whole of windows, which can cause problems -
[ol]Say the user sets a routine going in your application and then goes to do a letter in Word. If they should copy some text between the time that your routine copies text and then uses it, _CLIPTEXT will get changed.[/ol]
I had a report that took a minute or so to run and kept getting unexpected results. These were because the user was copying text while the report was running.
I got around this by immediately copying _CLIPTEXT to a variable.
Hope that helps,
Stewart
PS If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.
bobmpalmer
Programmer
Stewart is absolutely correct. We store values into a form var (thisform.mytext=_cliptext) and only issue _cliptext=thisform.mytext immediately before issuing KEYBOARD '{CTRL+V}' when pasting
Bob Palmer
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