
========================     DAL Systems
Clipboard NDA       v1.0     P.O. Box 287
                             North Liberty, IA 52317
David A. Lyons  4-Jul-88     [CompuServe 72177,3233]
========================     [GEnie mail   D.LYONS2]

Install Clipboard NDA in your SYSTEM/DESK.ACCS folder; choose
it ("Show Clipboard") from the Apple menu of any desktop
application.  While the Clipboard NDA window is in front, you
can put its credits onto the clipboard (and, therefore, into
the window) by typing Apple-C or Apple-X, or by choosing Copy
or Cut from the Edit menu.

Some applications already have a "Show Clipboard" option under
their Edit menus.  This NDA is more useful for applications that
don't, although it may help you determine how well an application
is following the rules.  (Some applications have their own private
clipboard; this is fine, but they are supposed to automatically
exchange data between their private clipboards and the system's
clipboard, as implemented with the Scrap Manager.)

Finder v1.0 has a "Show Clipboard" option, but it fails to notice
when an NDA changes the contents of the clipboard.  (Also, it
fails to scroll Text correctly.)

I have had problems with Paintworks Gold and MultiScribe GS 3.01c.
Paintworks does not seem to Copy pictures onto the clipboard, and
MultiScribe GS 3.01c crashes into the monitor while trying to
import text from the system clipboard to its private clipboard.

When you open Clipboard NDA, it loads and starts up any of the
following toolsets that are not already loaded and started up:
Scrap Manager, Font Manager, and QuickDraw Auxiliary.  When the
application quits, Clipboard NDA carefully shuts down and unloads
any toolsets it loaded when it was opened.

While the NDA is open, it asks the Scrap Manager approximately
once per second (using GetScrapCount) whether the clipboard
contents have changed.  If any PICT data is available, it is
displayed, assuming the Font Manager and QuickDraw Auxiliary are
available.  Otherwise any TEXT data on the clipboard is displayed.

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