====== Clipboard ======

Using the Windows Clipboard , you can easily and quickly transfer data from Database Application Pro to other applications.

===== Entities =====

Entities from your database are copied to the Windows Clipboard using the options below.

==== Calls to the clipboard====

=== Current object list toolbar full list ===

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Using the red-framed buttons in the toolbar, the copy function is invoked with all entities contained in the visible [[en:viewer.forms.main#objectenlijst|object list]].

If you want to copy the entire list, use one of the following options:

  * Via the red-framed button ''Pasteboard filter''.
  * The key combination ''Control + A'' and then ''Control + C''.
  * Make sure that no entities are selected in the object list and the key combination ''Control + C''.

=== Current object list toolbar selection ===
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Using the blue framed buttons in the toolbar, the copy function is invoked with all selected entities in the visible [[en:viewer.forms.main#objectenlijst|object list]].
If there is no selection, the buttons are not available.

If you want to copy the selected entities only, use one of the following options:

  * Via the blue-framed button ''Panel selection''.
  * The key combination ''Control + C'' when the desired entities are selected.
  * Through the [[en:viewer.forms.main#contextmenu_entiteiten|context menu]] of the selected entities.

=== Current object list context menu selection ===
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Using the buttons in the context menu of the [[en:viewer.forms.main#objectenlijst|object list]], the copy function is invoked with all selected entities in the current object list.


=== Filter tree context menu filter ===
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Using the context menu in the [[en:viewer.forms.main#filterboom|filter tree]] you can directly copy all entities of a given filter.

=== Entity properties window ===
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In the [[en:viewer.forms.properties.entity|entity properties window]], you can copy the current entity via the button in the toolbar.


==== Clipboard options ====
=== Copy view ===
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Now that the entities have been chosen, the next step is to determine which data you want to copy, normally the current columns of the object list.
If you were to copy the above example to the Windows clipboard, all displayed columns will be copied. The data is put in the pasteboard as an HTML object, any application that can read HTML fragments can be used to paste the data in.

You can then paste the data into an external application, see some examples below.

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If you want to copy other columns, there are two options:

  * Modify the columns in the filter to display only what you want to copy. 
  * Via the ''Copy special...'' select the desired columns.

=== Copy view special ===
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By using the ''Copy view special...'' a window appears in which you choose the fields to be copied.

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The selection you have made will be remembered as long as you do not close the database, so you can easily use the desired selection several times.

=== Copy summary===
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Besides copying multiple entities in list form, it is also possible to copy a single entity as a summary to the clipboard. The data is put into the pasteboard as an HTML object, any application that can read HTML fragments can be used to paste the data in.

These options are only available the selection is about a single entity.

You can then paste the data into an external application, see some examples below.

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=== Copy summary special ===
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By selecting the ''Copy summary special...'' a window becomes visible in which you choose the fields to be copied.

These options are only available the selection is about a single entity.

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The selection you have made will be remembered as long as you do not close the database, making it easy to use the desired selection more than once.

===== Summary =====

In addition to complete entities, you can also copy parts of the displayed entity from the [[en:viewer.forms.main#samenvatting|summary window in the main]] window, you can also copy parts of the displayed entity to the clipboard. The data is put in the clipboard as an HTML object, any application that can read HTML fragments can be used to paste the data in, an image is put on the clipboard as a separate image

==== Invoking the pasteboard ====

=== Field list ===

By right-clicking on the field list, you can copy the current field list to the clipboard.
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=== Image ===

By right-clicking on the image, you can copy the displayed image to the clipboard.
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