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Chapter 2 - TextEdit / TextEdit Reference

Routines / Displaying and Scrolling Text

TEToScrap

The TEToScrap function copies the contents of the TextEdit private scrap to the desk scrap.

FUNCTION TEToScrap: OSErr;

DESCRIPTION

You use the TEToScrap function to move monostyled text across applications or between an application and a desk accessory. Call the Scrap Manager function ZeroScrap to initialize the desk scrap or clear its contents before calling TEToScrap.

ASSEMBLY-LANGUAGE INFORMATION

Copy the contents of the private scrap to the desk scrap by calling the Scrap Manager function PutScrap; you can get the values you need from the global variables TEScrpHandle and TEScrpLength.

RESULT CODES

noErr	0	No error
noScrapErr	-100	Desk scrap isn't initialized

SEE ALSO

For more information about the PutScrap function, the ZeroScrap function, and the desk scrap, see the chapter "Scrap Manager" in Inside Macintosh: More Macintosh Toolbox.