use-revolution digest, Vol 1 #1711 - 14 msgs

[Stephen Messimer]

Hi Jacqueline,

I may be thinking about this a bit too simply but heres my 2 cents.

Copying just places the object in the clipboard for future use. I can't 
really think of an instance where the copy command ever places the 
copied selection, be it text or object at some other location like say 
the clone command.

If you can figure out a way to do this to a copied object w/o using the 
paste command I would be very interested in learning how it is done.

In an application I am currently developing I use this method 
extensively to copy groups ( my groups are not backgrounds tho).  I am 
wondering why you would want  to copy a group with its 
backgrondBehavior true more than once in any case.  Wouldn't it be 
easier to have a group with its bgBahv set to true in the destination 
stack and just copy the text you need instead?

Hope this helps.

Off to the Apostle Islands for a few days off.  :-)

Regards,

Steve

Stephen R. Messimer, PA
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On Sunday, August 3, 2003, at 05:44 AM, 
use-revolution-request at lists.runrev.com wrote:

> I have a group that consists of several fields. The group has
> backgroundBehavior set to true. Each card has different text in the
> fields of the group. The current card of the stack is, say, three.
>
> In another stack, I issue the command:
>
>     copy group "myGroup" of stack "Main" to this cd
>
> I expect to see the contents of card three when the group is copied.
> Instead I see the contents of card one. The work-around is to go to the
> Main stack, copy the group, go back to the second stack, and paste. 
> Then
> I do get the contents of card three.
>
> The results of the copy command kind of make sense, since I didn't
> specify what card I wanted, and so I got the first card by default.
> However, the command:
>
>     copy group "myGroup" of cd 3 of stack "Main" to this cd
>
> doesn't work either, I still get the contents of card one.
>
> Is it a bug or is it normal?