Razzak, Thanks for your reply.
I have been through your list thanks, but I cannot see what is wrong, as the objects are pasted properly, it is just that rather than multiple items remaining selected in the pasted objects, only one is. (The selection 'grips' change back from red (when I select the multiple objects to be copied), back to black for only one of the objects when they are pasted. Normally all the pasted objects would stay selected, with red 'grips' and then can be moved as a group.) Thank you. Regards, John Docherty -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of A. Razzak Memon Sent: Sunday, 24 January 2010 8:03 p.m. To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Copy & Paste Multiple Objects in Reports -Selection not Maintained At 11:18 PM 1/23/2010, John Docherty wrote: >I have noticed in V8 that when I copy and paste multiple objects in a >report the group of objects selected is often no longer grouped when >pasted. This happens on most occasions, particularly when copying shapes, >but not always when copying a variable and a label (for example) just >wondering if anyone else has noticed this, or is it just something in my >reports ? I am using 8.0.22.30111. I tried some reports in the sample >database and it was not a problem there, so it is something of a mystery >- at least to me. Any suggestions would be appreciated. John, A few suggestions: 01. The sequence of selecting objects may vary when pasting the same objects on a different report on exactly the same band. 02. When pasting objects, make sure that you have provided enough height and width in appropriate band, along with additional 8 screen pixels for right and 8 screen pixels for down. 03. When pasting, each copied object will be pasted on the exact same band on a report (8pix right + 8pix down). 04. Always 'lasso' objects when selecting multiple object so you can clone, copy, zap, whatever them. 05. If some objects are not visible or behind another object, take advantage of built-in "Object Tree" to select appropriate control. Hope that helps! Very Best R:egards, Razzak.
