Subject Re: dBASE 12 From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in> Date Thu, 21 Mar 2019 23:18:55 +0530 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 21/03/2019 21:13, Danny wrote: > Akshat Kapoor Wrote: > >>>> >>> That works with 12, but I was copying from a Excel cell into a form in dBASE. The same form will work in dBASE 11. I cannot do it in dBASE 12 as of yet.. >>> >> >> Try the following steps. >> >> 1. Select the cell you want to copy. >> 2. Go into edit mode (F2 should take you to edit mode) >> 3. ctrl+A to copy select all the contents >> 4. ctrl+c to copy all the contents. >> >> And then try pasting onto your form. >> There could be some control characters related to grid that could be >> spoiling the show. >> >> Regards >> Akshat > Not sure I follow, but I use the same Excel workbook with dBase 11 and I can copy and paste. I would not think it was an issue with Excel if it works with dBASE 11. When running the form in dBASE 12 it does not paste anything. > It is working in 11 does not mean data is 100% correct. I tried copy and paste from a cell in excel into a notepad file and then examined the file in hexeditor. I found that it had an extra space in the starting and chr(13) + chr(10) appended to the matter I wanted to paste. (Today is my first day of using hexeditor hence cannot say for sure but my chances of being correct are atleast 60%) plus 11 could be ignoring those characters while plus 12 trips on them. Another test. Type some matter in a txt file and try pasting it in your form. If it works then you will have to go through my initial test I had outlined above. You will have to find a workaround we can only suggest. Regards Akshat