On 2014/12/15 05:16 PM, DON wrote: > QUESTION: I often work between To-Do items and Master Source items copying > and pasting between them. It appears that I can only have a single item open > at one time. I will select copy text from one, close it, then go to the > other item to paste it. Sometimes there is a selection ready to be pasted -- > other times there isn't (the copy selection didn't STICK?). Is there a > technique that consistently keeps the copy selection? Also, is there a way > to have both items open at the same time?
As regards the 'single item open at one time' query, this is basically a consequence of the difference between a 'modal' and a 'modeless' window. 'Modeless' windows allow for multiple views to be open at the same time. With a simplistic Jet database such as that used for Legacy, it is dangerous to have multiple 'modeless' windows open at the same time. You run the very real risk of corrupting the database. To avoid this, legacy uses 'modal' windows. As for the 'STICKing' problem. This sounds more like a coding problem where either the closing of the first window, or the opening of the second window, results in the clearing of the system clipboard. As others have pointed out, using a clipboard extender can circumvent this problem, and provide a work-around for the first problem. -- Regards, Mike Fry (Jhb) Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
