Cut,Copy,Paste menus

[Ken Ray]

Ron, what platform(s) are you trying this on?

Ken Ray
Sons of Thunder Software
Email: kray at sonsothunder.com
Web Site: http://www.sonsothunder.com/

----- Original Message -----
From: "Ron" <rbarber at yhb.att.ne.jp>
To: <use-revolution at lists.runrev.com>
Sent: Friday, January 31, 2003 11:01 PM
Subject: Cut,Copy,Paste menus


> Hi All,
>
> I've worked on this all day and can't find the problem so I bring it to
you.
> I can't get the  cut,copy,paste menuitems to work via cmd keys in my app.
I
> made a simple app with just those menus to make sure I was able to make
some
> app work and that worked okay, but my original app is still uncooperative.
>
> Here are my symptoms:
> Works when the items are chosen from the menubar with the mouse
> Works when the menubar is clicked so that the menu drops down (don't hold
> down the mousekey) and then the cmd key combo is chosen.
> It does not work when the cmd key combo is chosen. In fact, apparently,
the
> menupick message is not sent. I have a 'beep' command in the menupick
> message before the switch/case starts and another for the particular case
> and neither beeps. However, the menubar flickers at the 'Edit' menu.
>
> This is true for standalone and in UI suspended mode.
>
> I enable/disable these items in the mousedown handler for the menu
depending
> on whether there is text selected. The menu belongs to the mainstack which
> is a palette. Other substacks with textflds set their menubar to this
> menubar (it is also called as the default menubar when the mainstack is
> opened).
>
> A 'select all' menuitem in the same menu as cut,copy,paste does not have a
> problem activating with the cmd key.
>
> Any suggestions on what the problem might be or how I can look for it?
>
> Thanks
> Ron
>
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