View::SelectionToClipboard

Section: ET++ method description (n)
Updated: automatically Mon Apr 8 20:17:22 1991
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NAME

View::SelectionToClipboard - instance method

TEMPLATE

void SelectionToClipboard(char * requiredType, ostream & outputStream)

SPECIFIERS

public abstract virtual

DESCRIPTION

SelectionToClipboard is called when the cut or copy command is selected from the popup menu. But these menu items are only enabled if the method HasSelection returns TRUE.
SelectionToClipboard must write the current selection of this to the outputStream in the requiredType. See the method TextView::SelectionToClipboard for an example.
See also method PasteData. Method is sometimes overridden.

ARGUMENTS

char * requiredType: The current selection of this must be written to the outputStream in this type. Common types are cDocTypeET which indicates ET++ Object Input/Output format and cDocTypeAscii for pure ASCII text.
The requiredType can also be set by the client. Before SelectionToClipboard is called the method ClipBoard::SetType must be applied to the var gClipBoard. See the method TextView::DoMenuCommand for an example.
ostream & outputStream: is a stream created by the clipboard where to write the current selection of this

RETURN ARGUMENT

void

FIRST DEFINITION

class View

FILES

implementation:: View.C

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