Copying from MS word into RunRev 4.0

[Keith Clarke]

It might be worth avoiding pasting into an LC field (LC fields can be awkward when working with formatted text such as HTML/XML as they interpret some tags). It might be worth an experiment to
1) paste the clipboard contents into an LC variable, instead of a field
2) set custom property to the variable and then 
3) view the custom property in the Property inspector - to see if you get any characters or blanks

That way you'd know if the problem is with the LC paste function (a potential engine bug) or simply a field rendering one (a problem I get with HTML and XML tags all the time).
Best,
Keith..

On 2 Sep 2011, at 18:51, Jonathan Lynch wrote:

> I just tried it, but no success.
> 
> I copied a bunch of apostrophes from Word, and used a button that puts the
> clipboarddata["html"] into a field. All the field shows is "<p></p>" - all
> of the apostrophes were omitted, even though I can paste them into Notepad.
> 
> Do you have any other suggestions? I will try them all.
> 
> Unfortunately, all elements in the clipboarddata array do not have the
> missing characters - I tried them.
> 
> I just worked out a technique using VBScript and IE rather than Word, and it
> works fine, but is no faster than the method I was using with Word.
> 
> Are there any externals available that might be useful?
> 
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 1:10 PM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
> 
>> On 9/2/11 10:21 AM, Jonathan Lynch wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi everyone.
>>> 
>>> When I type this word into MS Word: it's
>>> 
>>> Then copy and paste it into a field in RunRev, the apostrophe gets
>>> omitted.
>>> This is on a windows system. The character in question is not the usual
>>> apostrophe, but is the curly apostrophe that MS Word uses.
>>> 
>> 
>> I haven't tried it, but it might be possible to trap the pasteKey message
>> and instead of pasting directly, set the htmltext of the selection to the
>> clipboard["html"]. Maybe Word inserts character entities that LiveCode can
>> read.