Put data on the clipboard?

[Arthur Evans Jr]

On 4/2/02 7:34 am, David Vaughan <drvaughan55 at mac.com> wrote:

>  After some testing I find I can use copy and paste to move selected text
>  between a field and the clipboard, but I want to put data directly from
>  a variable on to the clipboard without making the text visible and
>  selected. How can I do this please?

and Kevin Miller replied:

>Place it into a field that is off screen or invisible, then copy that.

Interesting.  This is an incompatability with Hypercard, where I can write

     put <any expression> into the clipboard

Why is that feature missing from Rev?

Art Evans