Saving/importing custom controls to/from file

[Richard Gaskin]

Terry Judd wrote:

 > Seems like it might be a bit simpler if I can suck an object
 > straight out of a networked database onto the clipboard and paste
 > it when and where I want it. Easier to update/maintain and less
 > hassle than loading stacks, making sure the right stack has focus
 > and fiddling with object names and ids and the like.

   copy <objLongId> to <destObjLongId>

Takes any object from any stack and puts it where you want it, leaving 
the user's Clipboard intact.

 > There are undoubtedly some interesting implications for RevMobile!

Many uses - you can copy between standalones, for instance.  I copy 
between Rev and MC regularly since native object persistence in the 
public Clipboard was implemented.

But why especially useful for RevMobile?

--
  Richard Gaskin
  Fourth World
  LiveCode training and consulting: http://www.fourthworld.com
  Webzine for LiveCode developers: http://www.LiveCodeJournal.com
  LiveCode Journal blog: http://LiveCodejournal.com/blog.irv