Livecode listener

[Mike Bonner]

Hey, the "put true into tSame" line needs to be above the "repeat for reach
key tKey in tClipA" line.  DOH.

On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 8:12 PM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:

> Skip,
>
> Here is a simple but working example of a clipboard listener.
> To test I just placed the code in a button so that I could easily toggle
> it on and off.
> Its an very quick draft, but hey. It works.
>
>
> #################
>
> local sRunning,sLastClipA
>
> -- mouseup toggles the loop on and off
> on mouseUp
>    if sRunning is empty then put false into sRunning
>    put not sRunning into sRunning
>    clipCheck
> end mouseUp
>
> command clipcheck
>    -- if sRunning is toggled to false, the loop stops.
>    if sRunning then
>       put the keys of the clipboarddata into keyList
>       repeat for each line  tKey in keyList
>          -- bulid an array for comparison
>          -- I couldn't get it to work using the keys directly so
>          -- created a keyList instead
>          put the clipboarddata[tKey] into tClipA[tKey]
>       end repeat
>       if sLastClipA is empty then
>          -- on runstart put the first contents of the clipboard into
> sLastClipA
>          put tClipA into sLastClipA
>       else
>          repeat for each key tKey in tClipA
>             put true into tSame
>             -- do the comparison.  Any thing that differs toggles tSame
>             if tClipA[tKey] is not sLastClipA[tKey] then put false into
> tSame
>          end repeat
>       end if
>       if not tSame then
>          -- Here is where you could do something with sLastClipA before
>          -- replacing its contents with the new clipboard contents
>          put tClipA into sLastClipA
>
>          -- this is just here to show the keys and seconds
>          -- whenever the clipboard changes Comment or remove
>          put the keys of sLastClipA && the seconds
>       end if
>       -- 100 millisec works well enough
>       send "clipCheck" to me in 100 millisec
>
>    end if
> end clipcheck
>
>
> On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Mike Bonner <bonnmike at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> 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
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Jacqueline Landman Gay         |     jacque at hyperactivesw.com
>>>>> HyperActive Software           |     http://www.hyperactivesw.com
>>>>>
>>>>>
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