Problem placing an image on the clipboard...

Paul Dupuis paul at researchware.com
Mon May 8 16:31:42 EDT 2017


Thank you Mark!

On 5/8/2017 3:46 PM, Mark Waddingham via use-livecode wrote:
> The paintcompression global property is rle by default (at least in 6.7.x) - in the ide it gets set to png.
>
> So try setting it to png on startup of your standalone.
>
> Warmest regards,
>
> Mark
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
>> On 8 May 2017, at 20:00, Paul Dupuis via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>>
>> Using LC 6.7.11 (yes, I know, an old version!)
>>
>> I have image data in the variable tImageData and the image's width and
>> height in tSize and I want to copy the image to the clipboard. The
>> following code works perfectly EVERY time in the IDE
>>
>>        create inv image "pdfCopyTemp"
>>        set the width     of image "pdfCopyTemp" to item 1 of tSize
>>        set the height    of image "pdfCopyTemp" to item 2 of tSize
>>        set the imageData of image "pdfCopyTemp" to tImageData
>>        set the clipboardData["image"] to the text of image "pdfCopyTemp"
>>        wait 10 milliseconds with messages
>>        delete image "pdfCopyTemp"
>>
>> However, when I build a standalone, it fails. Adding the line "answer
>> (the clipboardData["image"]) right after I SET the
>> clipboardData["image"] show me a PNG header in the IDE and just binary
>> data in the standalone, no image type header. It like one built into a
>> Standalone, the set the clipboardData["image"] to the text of image
>> "pdfCopyTemp" no longer works correctly!?!
>>
>> I am sure this is probably a known bug of LC 6.7.11 that is fixed in a
>> later  release, but is anyone familiar with this bug? Anyone know a
>> work-around?
>>
>>
>>
>>
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