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From: wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.programmer
Subject: Re: Copy to clipboard in MultiFinder
Summary: SystemEdit will do the right thing
Message-ID: <7642@well.UUCP>
Date: 12 Nov 88 22:33:05 GMT
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Reply-To: wdh@well.UUCP (Bill Hofmann)
Organization: Whole Earth 'Lectronic Link, Sausalito, CA
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<<Discussion of why a copy to the scrap didn't seem to work, with the
  suggestion of doing a MenuKey passing 'C'.>>

I ran into this problem some ways back, and after beating my head against
the wall for literally days, discovered what was documented (later) in
one of the Multifinder tech notes.  Multifinder maintains scraps for each
application, and copies from one to another only if it is "primed" for the
copy.  What primes it is a call to SystemEdit with the proper argument
(check IM I-441) for Copy.  I had to do this for my special menu item
Copy Table even though I never had it highlighted when a system window
(ie, DA window) was frontmost.  A little screwed up, but I suppose there
are reasons.

-Bill Hofmann