--- Randolph Valentine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, all. I have Unicode text in a field, the > text consisting of syllabic > characters from the Canadian Aboriginal Syllabics > portion of Unicode. It > displays fine, and I¹m very happily able to produce > it via a script, but I > can¹t figure out how to copy it to the clipboard so > that it comes out right > pasted into, say, MicroSoft Word. > > The Revolution dictionary says: > > To copy or export Unicode text from a field while > preserving font, style, > size, and color information, use the htmlText > property. > > Now, really, this note is not terribly helpful, > because it doesn't tell you > HOW to do this! > > So when I try something like: > > set the clipboarddata["htmltext"] to the htmlText of > field "my_field" > > I get garbage pasted into Word. > > And when I try > > set the clipboarddata["htmltext"] to the unicodeText > of field "my_field" > > Still garbage. What is the command (sequence) to > get the Unicode text to > properly copy? Thanks. > > rand valentine >
Almost there - from the documentation for 'clipboardData': ## set the clipboardData["html"] to the htmlText of field "my_field" ## And in extreme cases where this doesn't work, you can still try the following trick: ## select char 1 to -1 of field "my_field" copy ## Hope this helped, Jan Schenkel. Quartam Reports & PDF Library for Revolution <http://www.quartam.com> ===== "As we grow older, we grow both wiser and more foolish at the same time." (La Rochefoucauld) _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
