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    Copy from word to memo field

    I am unable to copy any data from a word document into a RTF memo field. I have tried saving the document as a text document and have also tried copying just one word from the document with no visible result. My cursor moves down as if something has been copied over however I see nothing.

    Any ideas?

    Thanks in advance

    Larry

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    RE: Copy from word to memo field

    Larry,

    I just tried the same with the same result. It looks like the paste is working, but nothing appears. Typing directly into the RTF field and then copying and pasting does work, which seems to indicate that there is a disconnect between the Windows clipboard and the pasting within an RTF field. I am running Win XP Pro (Service Pack 1) and V5 build 1506-1058.

    The paste does work when pasting into a non-RTF field.

    You might want to report this a possible bug.

    Dave
    Dave Jampole
    www.customalpha.com

    Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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      #3
      RE: Copy from word to memo field

      Larry/Dave

      It's working for me.....

      Ctrl-a/ctrl-c in word, go to alpha form or browse and paste into the field with a right click paste. Works in the field on the form or the rtf editor that opens when you press the smart button.

      I'm using a default form and browse.
      Al Buchholz
      Bookwood Systems, LTD
      Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

      Occam's Razor - KISS
      Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
      Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
      When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
      "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
      Albert Einstein

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        #4
        RE: Copy from word to memo field

        Al,

        Scout's Honor, I believe you, but it doesn't work for me. I tried pastinhg using the right click as well as the paste icon in the toolbar. I've tried pasting into a form based on the table, into the default browse and the default form. Nada.

        Dave
        Dave Jampole
        www.customalpha.com

        Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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          #5
          RE: Copy from word to memo field

          Don't doubt you Dave.

          Here's a simple database that I used for testing.

          Let me know how it works on your system.
          Al Buchholz
          Bookwood Systems, LTD
          Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

          Occam's Razor - KISS
          Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
          Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
          When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
          "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
          Albert Einstein

          http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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            #6
            RE: Copy from word to memo field

            Al,

            I opened the zip file you sent, copied from Word and still can not paste into the default browse or form.

            Dave
            Dave Jampole
            www.customalpha.com

            Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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              #7
              RE: Copy from word to memo field

              Interesting. I can.

              send it back and I'll see if I still can.

              What version of word are you using? I'm using word 2000

              OS - XP Pro
              512 mb on a sony laptop with a 1 ghz processor
              Al Buchholz
              Bookwood Systems, LTD
              Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

              Occam's Razor - KISS
              Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
              Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
              When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
              "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
              Albert Einstein

              http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                #8
                RE: Copy from word to memo field

                Larry,

                Al can get the paste to work, I cannot. We are using the same version of Windows, but different versions of Word. What version of Windows and Word are you using?

                FYI, playing around it appears the the paste 'disconnect' is between Word 2003 and the A5 RTF field. I can paste from Excel into the RTF field and from Word into an A5 character field.

                Dave
                Dave Jampole
                www.customalpha.com

                Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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                  #9
                  RE: Copy from word to memo field

                  Al,

                  I just tried this same thing on my laptop with the same results - the paste didn't work. My laptop is running the same versions/build as my development system. Possibly I've just got the 'right' versions of Windows, A5V5 and MS Office to prevent the paste operation from working.

                  Dave
                  Dave Jampole
                  www.customalpha.com

                  Women and cats will do whatever they want. The sooner men and dogs realize that, the happier they will be.

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                    #10
                    RE: Copy from word to memo field

                    You are the lucky one..... ;-)
                    Al Buchholz
                    Bookwood Systems, LTD
                    Weekly QReportBuilder Webinars Thursday 1 pm CST

                    Occam's Razor - KISS
                    Normalize till it hurts - De-normalize till it works.
                    Advice offered and questions asked in the spirit of learning how to fish is better than someone giving you a fish.
                    When we triage a problem it is much easier to read sample systems than to read a mind.
                    "Make it as simple as possible, but not simpler."
                    Albert Einstein

                    http://www.iadn.com/images/media/iadn_member.png

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                      #11
                      RE: Copy from word to memo field

                      Dave, I am using A5V5 with the latest build, Windows XP Service pack 1 and actually Star Office 7 instead of Word. I tried to copy some stuff from an email and this did not work either.

                      I just ran a test at home, and could not get anything to copy from Star Office however WordPad and copying from an email does work.

                      Not sure what is happening.

                      Larry

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                        #12
                        RE: Copy from word to memo field

                        I too have had this problem and not just from Word, the biggest culpret was Adobe. We have 15 computers all with the same operating system (Win 2000) and 5 out of the 15 could not paste. I created a button on the form that would take the contents of the clipboard to a variable and then used add text to rtf. Works great.

                        I have also experienced difficulties with using ctrl-c and ctrl-p within Alpha, sometimes the keys don't work and I either have to left click and paste or use the paste button. Anyone else have this problem?

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                          #13
                          RE: Copy from word to memo field

                          When I go to do a paste in the rtf memo field, the left click menu does not always appear. Evemtually it shows up after several clicks and then when I close the record I will have several open menus from my left clicking.

                          Larry

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                            #14
                            RE: Copy from word to memo field

                            "I have also experienced difficulties with using ctrl-c and ctrl-p within Alpha, sometimes the keys don't work and I either have to left click and paste or use the paste button. Anyone else have this problem?"

                            I've seen it.

                            Bill
                            Bill Hanigsberg

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                              #15
                              RE: Copy from word to memo field

                              You bet! Seems like they are flaky and don't work in some places at all.
                              Peter
                              AlphaBase Solutions, LLC

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