copy-paste not working in a standalone

[Paul Hibbert]

André, Pete,

This script just works with the currently selected text and will work in a stack without a menu, it's not perfect, but could be a useful starting point, I think it should work OK with a DG too.

Paul

## Paste into the Main Stack script

on commandKeyDown pKey
   switch pKey
         case "c"
         if the selection is not empty then set the clipboardData["text"] to the selection
              break
         case "x"
         if the selection is not empty then
            set the clipboardData["text"] to the selection
            put empty into the selection
         end if              
         break
         case "v"
         if the clipboardData["text"] is not empty then put the clipboardData["text"] into the selectedText
              break
         case "a"
              select text of the focusedObject
              break
         case "z"
              undo
              break
         default
              pass commandKeyDown
   end Switch
end commandKeyDown




On 2012-07-14, at 6:15 PM, Peter Haworth wrote:

> Hi Jacque,
> I'm not 100% sure but I don't think he has a menu script right now.
> 
> Your handler works fine of course.  However, when I tried that simplistic
> approach in my SQLiteAdmin program, it was politely pointed out to me by a
> customer that the availability of cut/copy/paste/clear commands should be
> dependant on the cursor being in a control where they make sense.
> 
> In my case, only text was involved but I ended up adding code that detected
> whether the current control was a field or not and enabling/disabling the
> controls appropriately.  Oh yes, and also enabling/disabling, the
> paste/undo command depending on whether there was any text on the
> clipboard.  It could get more complicated if you wanted to cut/copy out of
> something like a datagrid.
> 
> Pete
> lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com>
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, Jul 14, 2012 at 12:23 PM, J. Landman Gay
> <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>wrote:
> 
>> There were some changes made in the engine to allow additional menu item
>> parameters, but the command keys should still work. If they don't, try
>> changing your menu group into a shared card group instead of a background
>> group. That way they are more likely to receive keyboard input.
>> 
>> If that still doesn't work, the handler to catch copy/paste is very simple:
>> 
>> on commandkeyDown pKey
>>  switch pKey
>>    case "x"
>>      cut
>>      break
>>    case "v"
>>      paste
>>      break
>>    case "c"
>>      copy
>>      break
>>    case "z"
>>      undo
>>      break
>>    default
>>      pass commandKeyDown
>>  end switch
>> end commandkeyDown
>> 
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