[futurebasic] Re: [FB] [X-FB] Clipboard vs Remote Access

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From: Jeff Yurka <woogieco@...>
Date: Tue, 1 Jun 1999 20:00:18 -0800
>Hi,
>
>Can someone confirm this:
>
>1) Take a snapshot of the screen (800 x 600 or more)
>
>2) Copy the picture on the clipboard (using Select All)
>     With SimpleText.
>
>3) Open the Remote Access control panel...
>
>Remote Access should crash at this point.
>
>If you copy a small chunk of text on the clipboard, or a small
>picture, everything will work fine again.
>
>I don't understand coz i have 160MB of RAM !  (OS 8.6, G3)
>AFAIK, i can't give more memory to a control panel.
>
>* This is 50% off-topic. If your app copies large pictures on the clipboard
>and you try to open a connection, maybe it will fail if you don't
>purge the clipboard before ?
>
>Thanks,
>
>Sylvain

Interesting. I copied the desktop to the clipboard then opened Remote
Access. The clipboard data is being deleted when I open Remote Acess. Using
version 3.1.

-Jeff

Real Mac Solutions
Portland Oregon
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