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Mac Forum / Applications / Virtual PC / January 2005Copying from VPC7 to Mac programs?
Greetings, I am going nuts on this one and I am sure I am missing something. Can I copy text from VP7, to a Mac program? For example, I want to copy text from Access into Excel. I want just copy the text in the memo field. I can't figure out how to do it! Is it possible? I've searched this newsgroup, help, etc. I have found references to going from Mac to VP7 but not the other way. FYI, when I select the command key from within VPC the 'copy' feature is grayed out. Also, am I supposed to do anything with the extra CD that comes with VPC 7 that is labeled 'additional windows system files'? How do I install it? I can't get VPC7 to recognize the CD/DVD drive. Is there something on that CD that would help? If it matters, I am running the latest version of OSX on a Powerbook 1.5. Sorry for the newbie question! Eric > I am going nuts on this one and I am sure I am missing something. Can > I copy text from VP7, to a Mac program? For example, I want to copy > text from Access into Excel. I want just copy the text in the memo > field. I can't figure out how to do it! Is it possible? I've searched > this newsgroup, help, etc. I have found references to going from Mac > to VP7 but not the other way. Try Ctrl-C (the copy command for Windows) or going to the Windows "edit" menu and selecting "copy". Both Mac OS X and Windows-in-VPC share the same clipboard...or so it would seem from my experience.  SignaturePete Stephenson HeyPete.com I thought the same would happen, or at least hoped, but it does not happen. If I am in WordPad under VPC, highlight text, copy it, confirm it is in clipboard by pasting it, and then commant-tab to a Mac program, the item in the clipboard is the last thing I copies from the Mac. The item I copied from VPC remains in clipboard only under VPC. Any thoughts? Thanks!! Eric > > I am going nuts on this one and I am sure I am missing something. Can > > I copy text from VP7, to a Mac program? For example, I want to copy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Both Mac OS X and Windows-in-VPC share the same clipboard...or so it > would seem from my experience. Try OS X shareware such as iPasteboard http://www.brunoblondeau.com/ipasteboard/ It might have better functionality than the built in clipboard of OS X. Michael Paine > I thought the same would happen, or at least hoped, but it does not > happen. If I am in WordPad under VPC, highlight text, copy it, confirm [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>Both Mac OS X and Windows-in-VPC share the same clipboard...or so it >>would seem from my experience. > I thought the same would happen, or at least hoped, but it does not > happen. If I am in WordPad under VPC, highlight text, copy it, confirm [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] >>Both Mac OS X and Windows-in-VPC share the same clipboard...or so it >>would seem from my experience. I just tried copying data from a Word Processor in VPC 7 and putting it into TextEdit on my Mac and it worked just fine. I did a Edit - Copy in VPC and then ran up TextEdit and did the Edit - Paste. It worked as expected. Could it be the program you are using in VPC that is causing the problem? One more thing to add to this problem.... If I copy text from a Mac program, I can then paste it into a VPC program by hitting the command button, and going to 'paste' on the edit menu. I can't though highlight text, hold down the command key, and select 'copy' though as that option is grayed out. Only the 'paste' option is available. To put it another way.... WIthin a VPC program, command-V pastes from the Mac clipboard. Ctrl-C will paste from the VPC clipboard. Control-C will copy from the VPC clipboard. But, command-C will NOT copy from within VPC. Instead, the highlighted text gets overtyped with a 'c'. Help anyone? Thanks! Eric > > I am going nuts on this one and I am sure I am missing something. Can > > I copy text from VP7, to a Mac program? For example, I want to copy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Both Mac OS X and Windows-in-VPC share the same clipboard...or so it > would seem from my experience. > One more thing to add to this problem.... > [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > Help anyone? I just tried an experiment between BBEdit in Mac OS X and Notepad in Windows XP: 1) Copied "This is a test sentence from the Mac" using Command-C from BBEdit. 2) Switch to Windows XP, paste using Ctrl-V (I could use Command-V, but Ctrl-V is more "efficient" as it does it all at once, rather than doing it character-by-character). Test sentence successfully pastes. 3) Select-all (Ctrl-A) and delete the sentence in notepad, replacing it with "This is a test sentence from Windows". Ctrl-C it to copy. 4) Switch back to BBEdit in Mac OS X and paste using Command-V. The second sentence successfully works. VPC and Mac OS X share the Mac OS X clipboard. However, when operating in a Windows environment you must condition yourself to use the Control, rather than Command key for various tasks like copying and pasting. As a Mac guy, I must admit that I've found it habitually challenging to use the Control key after decades of Command-keying. You'll get used to it, though. SignaturePete Stephenson HeyPete.com Yep. You would just highlight the text on the PC and copy it (Ctrl-C), and then on the Mac, you would paste (CMD-P). This will only work if you have Virtual PC's VM additions installed in the VM, however. > > I am going nuts on this one and I am sure I am missing something. Can > > I copy text from VP7, to a Mac program? For example, I want to copy [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] > Both Mac OS X and Windows-in-VPC share the same clipboard...or so it > would seem from my experience. First of all, thanks to everyone for the suggestions!! There is definitely a problem I can't figure out with my setup. I can't copy from VPC to a Mac program! I do just as others have reported and get a different result. Whenever I go back to the Mac, after copying in VPC, the only thing in the clipboard is the last thing I copied in from the Mac side. Any thoughts on troubleshooting? FYI, I have tried copying from multiple programs in VPC including the text editor, WordPad, and IE. The version of VPC 7 that I bought came with Widnows XP so Additions were installed automatically. Might there be something I need to configure to get it to work? I've tinkered but found nothing. Again, all help is most appreciated! Eric On 10/26/04 11:22 PM, in article d7b11c1c.0410261922.6c49645e@posting.google.com, "Eric Cohen" <cohenjunk@comcast.net> wrote: > Greetings, > [quoted text clipped - 19 lines] > > Eric Just wanted to give this a bump. This is driving me nuts. Thanks! Eric > First of all, thanks to everyone for the suggestions!! > [quoted text clipped - 40 lines] > > > > Eric I just went back and tried this again and I'm not seeing your issue. I can: 1) Select text in Wordpad, Notepad, or MS Word, and then copy it (CTRL-C in Windows, or right click and copy). 2) Take that same text, and via CMD-V, paste it into a Sticky Note, BBDEdit, or MS Word for Mac. 3) The reverse is also true. > Just wanted to give this a bump. This is driving me nuts. Thanks! > [quoted text clipped - 44 lines] > > > > > > Eric I encountered the same problem. However, it no longer occurred after rebooting my Mac. > I just went back and tried this again and I'm not seeing your issue. I > can: [quoted text clipped - 53 lines] > > > > > > > > Eric Make sure VPC Additions is installed. If it is then it may be playing up http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;824561 Michael Paine > I encountered the same problem. However, it no longer occurred after > rebooting my Mac. [quoted text clipped - 118 lines] >>>>> >>>>>Eric |
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