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  1. #1
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    Can user highlight Paragraph object text?

    PROBLEM:

    I can't highlight text in the paragraph box.
    It's like an image. Nothing happens when you try to higlight text.

    I want to make it so that the user can higlight/copy text...
    So they can paste it in a browser, or notepad.

    NOTES:

    - I have a really long paragraph. So scrollers are involved.

  2. #2
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    Okay, the reason I posted this was because my search term: "Highlight Paragraph" came up with no good results.

    I've changed the search term to "Copy Paragraph", and I got some results.
    But they're not very clear.

    One suggestion says that an input box should be used. But I don't want to do that since there is no transparent background for input boxes.

    Another suggestion was to use the clipboard plugin. I clicked on it, then previewed my project, and nothing happened.

    If someone has an idea, please do post.
    Last edited by ashoka1; 04-13-2006 at 03:45 PM.

  3. #3
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    AFAIK, there is no highlight on Paragraph text. And the input object does not allow transparency... That's how it stands at the moment.
    You could visually design the background to simulate a transparent input object or copy content (the WHOLE content) of your paragraph object into your clipboard (don't forget to enable the clipboard plugin in your Project<Plugins menu) and paste it wherever you want.

    Nudge to IR Dev Team: Allow transparency for Input Objects...

    Yossi

  4. #4
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    where is the user going to paste it? you could just have it save the contents of a paragraph object to a string and then save that string to a text file
    Code:
    TextFile.WriteFromString
    sorry if my code is off. i dont have AMS on this machine. if you would rather use a Word Document, you could use the LuaCom plugin and have it write the string to a Word Doc. automating Office isnt always guarenteed to work. Different versions on different machines will give you mixed results. i went through this big headache with Excel.

    Hope that helps

    Chris

  5. #5
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    EDIT: POST DELETED BY MYSELF.
    Misunderstadning.
    Last edited by ashoka1; 04-14-2006 at 08:32 AM.

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