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From: "Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET)" <salvador AT inti DOT gov DOT ar>
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To: Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca>
Date: Fri, 7 Aug 1998 16:41:46 +0000
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Subject: Re: Rhide & the windows clipboard.
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Endlisnis <s257m AT unb DOT ca> wrote:
> Salvador Eduardo Tropea (SET) wrote:
> 
> > I tried (a few seconds ago) it on:
> >
> > Windows 95 OSR 2.0 with Netscape Communicator 4.04. All works OK. I just
> > started my editor, selected new file, typed "pppp", selected it, then copy to
> > W. clip. and finally tried to paste it in the "Go to:" input line of
> > Communicator. All ok.
> >
> > So I guess is something in your W95 or Netscape.
> > Greetings, SET
> >
> > P.S. I tried it with RHIDE 1.4 too.
> 
> I am using Netscape 4.04 as well, I upgraded to RHIDE v1.4.5 today, and it still
> has the problem.
>     Yes, even on my machine that works.  Netscape Navigator doesn't seem to have
> the problem.  If you have Netscape composer (Email program), try this:
> Open Netscape Composer, Click 'New Msg'.  Type "Hello".  Then select the word,
> and copy it.
> Then open RHide, type "pppp", send it to the windows clipboard.
> Go back to Netscape Composer, paste on the next line.  On my machine I get
> 'Hello' where I would expect 'pppp'.

I tried it and I got the same you got, but that's a particular thing of 
Netscape. Pegasus doesn't make it. I think Netscape is using some strange 
mechanism to detect changes in the Windows clipboard and it doesn't work when 
the information is copied using the WinOldApp services of Windows. As the 
only program I know that behaves like that is Netscape I guess the bug is in 
Netscape, but perhaps is some strange thing in the Windows WinOldApp API.

SET

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