I ultimately did do some kludging. It was grim. I use VBscript to open up a notepad document, then use sendkeys within the vbscript to paste, select all, copy, and close the notepad document. This works, but it has to be visible in order to work, so it is not very elegant.
On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:29 PM, Jonathan Lynch <jonathandly...@gmail.com>wrote: > This problem only occurs on some web pages, but not most. Unfortunately, I > am restricted to using IE as my browser at work, and I have to access these > particular web pages. > > I am just baffled by it working in 2.6.1 and not in 4.0. Both engines use a > clipboard array. \ > > I might be able to kludge together a work around using vbscript, shell, and > wscript. I would prefer that 4.0 have full access to the clipboard, though. > > On Wed, Oct 13, 2010 at 12:18 PM, J. Landman Gay < > jac...@hyperactivesw.com> wrote: > >> On 10/13/10 10:53 AM, Jonathan Lynch wrote: >> >>> Thanks J, >>> >>> Unfortunately, I have tried using different elements of the clipboard >>> array >>> already. When I copy the webpage in question (GPHIN, a restricted-access >>> site), it returns empty on all elements of the clipboardarray in 4.0, but >>> works fine in 2.6.1. >>> >>> Also, for the second problem I listed, the clipboard["text"] element >>> returns >>> html text in 4.0, but works propertly 2.6.1 - this occurs when copying >>> certain eurekalert pages. >>> >> >> I wonder if it's a function of your browser. I know in Firefox I had to >> install a plugin to allow me to choose either html or plain text when >> copying. If you copy and paste into a different app, what do you see? Is the >> behavior reproducible on other web pages too? >> >> >> -- >> Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com >> HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com >> _______________________________________________ >> use-revolution mailing list >> use-revolut...@lists.runrev.com >> Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your >> subscription preferences: >> http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution >> > > > > -- > Do all things with love > -- Do all things with love _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
