RTF vs HTML

[Vikram Singh]

Dan,

I was talking about the latest edition of Metacard (2.5, Beta), 
which I hope shall power Rev 2.0. Please see below an extract from 
the docs:

<snip>
The clipboardData property can be used to get or set the data on 
the clipboard directly without having to use cut/copy/paste.  To set 
data of a particular type, use an array format:
set the clipboardData["text"] to "some text"
<snip>

Both Drag-drop and Clipboard interactivity are included and shall 
hopefully help us interact with other apps and the desktop/folders 
better.

Regards
Vikram


>===== Original Message From Dan Friedman <dan at clearvisiontech.com> =====
>Vikram,
>
>In the following you mentioned clipboarddata["rtf"].  I don't see any thing
>about "clipboarddata" in the docs.  What is this?  What does it do?  Where
>can I get details on what it is?
>
>Thanks!
>Dan
>
>
>> I can't talk of the benefits of exporting rtf as files, but if you are
>> copy-pasting from other apps this may interest you:
>>
>> Copy a portion of a webpage. In the message box type:
>> set the rtftext of fld 1 to clipboarddata["rtf"]
>>
>> And viceversa, paste into Word after copying the rtftext of a field:
>> set the clipboarddata["rtf"] to the rtftext of fld 1
>>
>> etc..
>>
>> Rgds,
>> Vikram
>