Re: Problem of Pasting in Contribute on Mac

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Paul R. Santa-Maria wrote:

>Lance wrote:
>> 
>> Hi, We developed a flash file which generates a simple piece of
>> Javascript code for user. The following is an example of the generated
>> code(you don't need to read into it):
>> 
>> javascript:if(x5831990940 && !x5831990940.closed){
>> x5831990940.focus(); }else{ var
>>
>x5831990940=window.open('http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biomi29
0/microscopycases/biofilm/CHLORINE.htm','5831990940',
>> 'width=600, height=600, toolbar=no, scrollbars=no, location=no,
>> statusbar=no, menubar=no, resizable=no');}
>> 
>> However, when we tried to copy this code and added it as a link in
>> Contribute, it lost some of the code at the end and looked like
>> following :
>> 
>> javascript:if(x5527333203 && !x5527333203.closed){
>> x5527333203.focus(); }else{ var
>>
>x5527333203=window.open('http://instruct1.cit.cornell.edu/courses/biomi29
0/microscopycases/biofilm/CHLORINE.htm','5527333203',
>> 'width=600, height=600, toolbar=no, scrollbar
>> 
>> We also tried pasting the code in Word and Notepad, but they worked
>> fine, having all the code pasted. So our understanding is that pasting
>> such a string in Contribute seems having some problem, maybe hitting
>> the string length limit? We also need to tell, this only happens on
>> Mac computer, PC machines do pasting fine.
>> 
>> We are seeking the solution to this problem, if you have any ideas,
>> please help. We appreciate greatly.
>> 
>> Lance
>
>Have you checked the bogusity bit of the handle attribute
>using tool #7EE under Chromium?  If the bit value is three
>or more then the PasteTextInJavaScript call will only
>handle up to 256 characters.

ROFL!

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