ClipboardData

[Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel]

Okay... ran that and no sign of ASCII 32 there... just the next character.

SKIP


On Wed, May 15, 2013 at 8:58 AM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:

> Hi.
>
>
> Run this, maybe in a button and with your text already in the
> clipBoardData:
>
>
>
> on mouseUp
>   repeat with y = 1 to 20 --there surely must be a few "spaces" in that
> many chars
>     put char y of the clipBoardData & ":" && charToNum(char y of the
> clipBoardData) into line y of fld "resultField"
>
>   end repeat
> end mouseUp
>
>
> Of course you also need a field named "resultField"
>
>
> See the chars and their ASCII values in list form. Look for values of 32
> where a space ought to be. If there is never any such value, then something
> very strange is going on, since the space has to be there somewhere, or it
> would not show in your other venues.
>
>
> Craig Newman
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <skip at magicgate.com>
> To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> Sent: Wed, May 15, 2013 8:11 am
> Subject: Re: ClipboardData
>
>
> Craig, can you think of a good way to do/test that?
>
> SKIP
>
>
> On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 10:13 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:
>
> > Hi.
> >
> >
> > But that means the space char had to have been present in the original.
> > Let's say your spaceless text was:
> >
> >
> > "Onetwothree..."
> >
> >
> > Can you find out what the 4th char in this string is? Is it a "t", or
> > ASCII 32?
> >
> >
> > Craig Newman
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <skip at magicgate.com>
> > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> > Sent: Tue, May 14, 2013 6:09 pm
> > Subject: Re: ClipboardData
> >
> >
> > Phil, I tried your method and then took a look at _temp_ and the result
> was
> > the same.
> >
> > Craig, If I paste my clipboard into Notepad or any other text based
> > application, it translates over properly... just not in LC.  I am using
> > 5.5.4
> >
> > SKIP
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 14, 2013 at 4:00 PM, <dunbarx at aol.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Yipes.
> > >
> > >
> > > Can you dig in and see if there is any char at all where the space
> ought
> > > to have been. In other words, is that "space" empty?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Craig Newman
> > >
> > >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Magicgate Software - Skip Kimpel <skip at magicgate.com>
> > > To: How to use LiveCode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>
> > > Sent: Tue, May 14, 2013 3:05 pm
> > > Subject: ClipboardData
> > >
> > >
> > > I have used clipboarddata for many project in the past.  Today I was
> > trying
> > > to process a clipboard selection that came from a Word 2003 document
> and
> > it
> > > did not preserve any of the spaces.  I have used the format of "text",
> > > "html", "rtf"..... actually tried all the available options.
> > >
> > > Suggestions?
> > >
> > > SKIP
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