LC Bug: Copying an Image fails

[Sean Cole (Pi)]

Curry,

The issue here is that MS Word controls how that clipboard data is
transferred. As an example

Open the taskmanager
In Word, copy an image into the clipboard
In LC message box type
    lock the clipboard; put the keys of the rawclipboarddata
Returns something like:
      Art::GVML ClipFormat
      PNG
      GIF
      CF_ENHMETAFILE
      CF_METAFILEPICT
      CF_BITMAP
      JFIF
      Object Descriptor
      image/svg+xml
In LC message box, type
    lock the clipboard; put the rawclipboarddata["Art::GVML ClipFormat"]
LC Locks up
Then switch to TaskManager and see that MSWord has sprung into life. At
this stage it is trying it's best to transfer that data into LC, but
probably can't work out how, so they end up in a loop of errors.
If you type into the messagebox:
    lock the clipboard; put the rawclipboarddata["CF_BITMAP"]
or any other CF_, it crashes out of LC altogether.

Copy the image from MSWord, paste into MSPaint and immediately copy into
the clipboard again. Now in LC MsgBx type:
    lock the clipboard; put the keys of the rawclipboarddata
Returns something like:
      Embed Source
      Object Descriptor
      CF_METAFILEPICT
      CF_DIB
Now:
    lock the clipboard; put the rawclipboarddata["CF_DIB"]
and you get the raw data of the image. You cannot do this directly from
MSWord clipboard data.

There might be a way to achieve it using a 'do as javascript' and following
guides listed here:
https://ourcodeworld.com/articles/read/491/how-to-retrieve-images-from-the-clipboard-with-javascript-in-the-browser

All the best

Sean

On Tue, 16 Mar 2021 at 15:40, Curry Kenworthy via use-livecode <
use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:

>
> LC Bugathon continues....
>
> Recently I ran into this bug, which Trevor already reported:
>
> "Unable to paste images copied from Microsoft Word on Windows"
> https://quality.livecode.com/show_bug.cgi?id=21906
>
> Copying an image directly (not inline with text) fails.
> The clipboarddata contains nulls, in testing so far.
> Just tested on 9.6.2 RC 3.
>
> Any known script workaround?
>
> (A user behavior workaround, ie copying inline, is not very acceptable.)
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Curry Kenworthy
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