Livecode listener

[Mike Bonner]

The code I posted still would not have worked as it was.  To do the
comparison and see if there is a change, you would indeed have to cycle
through the keys and look for the difference. There are definitely some
quirks involved here. Headed out the door, but it might be fun to mess with
the clipboard monitoring idea when i get back home.

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:35 AM, J. Landman Gay <jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
wrote:

> No, you're right. I just posted a correction and then saw this reply.
>
> When testing, "is an array" returns false on the retrieved content, but
> when asking for each key type the values are still there. That must be why
> the dictionary calls it a "false array".
>
>
> On 5/27/2015 12:31 PM, Mike Bonner wrote:
>
>> Ah k, thx!  Sorry for steering you slightly wrong skip.  The basic premise
>> should still work, but you'll have to jump through the extra hoops of
>> checking the keys each time through. Should still be plenty fast. (game
>> loops do the same thing, and do considerably more than what you're looking
>> at while still retaining enough speed.)
>>
>> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:14 AM, J. Landman Gay <
>> jacque at hyperactivesw.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  You'll have to walk through all the keys when both retrieving and setting
>>> the array. The default when getting or setting the clipboarddata without
>>> specifying a key is to return only the plain text. The array is lost.
>>>
>>> On 5/26/2015 9:58 PM, Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel wrote:
>>>
>>>  Oooo... I will try that tomorrow!
>>>>
>>>> Is there any way to save an alt+f keystroke to the clipboard data?  I am
>>>> trying to automate some tasks during this entire exercise and this is
>>>> also
>>>> one of my hurdles.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks again,
>>>>
>>>> SKIP
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, May 26, 2015 at 5:59 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>   One way would be to use a send in time loop.  Check to see if the
>>>> data in
>>>>
>>>>> the clipboard array is different, if so, act.  Some untested quick and
>>>>> dirty code follows.
>>>>>
>>>>> command checkClipboard
>>>>> if sLastClipA is empty then
>>>>> put the clipboarddata into sLastClipA
>>>>> -- do something with the data in sLastClipA
>>>>> else
>>>>> repeat for each key tKey in the clipboarddata
>>>>>    -- check the data in the keys here, against the keys you saved in
>>>>> sLastClipA
>>>>> -- if there is a change, do something with the data in the
>>>>> clipboarddata
>>>>> end if
>>>>> put the clipboarddata into sLastClipA
>>>>>
>>>>> send "checkClipboard" to me in 100 millisec
>>>>> end checkClipboard
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
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>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>
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