> In line with my post about Steve's problem, if his "paste" button
> actionListener method is altered (gutted?) as follows, just for a demo
> to show pasting from the system clipboard:
> -----
> ...
> b2.addActionListener( new ActionListener() {
> public void actionPerformed(ActionEvent e)
> {
>
> Transferable data=Clip.getContents(this);
> //System.out.println("data is: "+data);
> String result = "";
> try {
> result =
> (String)data.getTransferData(DataFlavor.stringFlavor);
> }
> catch (Exception ex) {;}
> t2.setText (result);
> t1.setText (result);
> }
> });
>
> pB.add(b1);
> pB.add(b2);
>
> add("South",pB);
> add("Center",pA);
> }
> }
> ------
> then text copied to the system clipboard (for example, highlighting and
> copying some text in Netscape mail) will be pasted to both text areas
> when the "paste" button is hit.
>
> This shows that this "bug" can be gotten around.
>
> Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/
>
Thanks - this works fine as illustrated. I'm more used to using the highlight/middle
button click
copy/paste action under X - is there any way this can be accessed from Java?
