missing data if drag and drop

lesplan · Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:05 pm Post subject: missing data if drag and drop

I think I just found another bug.

We have a number of files with subscriber contact info. All files are based on the same template and have the exact same number of tags.

When I drag and drop from one file to another some of the info in the tags disappears. But when I copy and paste, all the info appears in the new file.

Anyone else having this problem?

Eric W.

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2259

Do you mean dragging and dropping text from the message field between two documents? This is handled by your operating system. There is no intervention by MaxBulk Mailer here.

lesplan · Posted: Sat Dec 15, 2007 12:48 am Post subject:

Do you mean dragging and dropping text from the message field between two documents?

No -- what I mean is that I have two MBM files open. I click on a recipient in the first file and drag it to the other file. There are six tags (fields) but only the first three import. The last three are blank.

But . . . when I click on the recipient in file #1 and click copy in the file menu and then paste in the 2nd MBM file, all six tags are placed correctly.

Does my description make sense?

Eric[/b]

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2259

Ok, I understand. This intended actually. When you drag a row MaxBulk creates a Vcard actually. That allows you to drop the data in any application supporting VCards. Those applications only support standard data. However when you copy and paste, you copy the data as is.

In next 5.6.4 (to be released tomorrow) I have added some code so if you press the ALT key when dragging the row, all data is copied to the clipboard in plain text format rather than Vcard.

lesplan · Posted: Tue Dec 18, 2007 5:51 am Post subject:

Thanks Stan

I was worried that this was a bug. As long as there is at least one sure way to copy data between files, then I'm a happy camper.

Thanks again for your prompt response.

BTW, what exactly is a Vcard -- and why does MBM use this type of format?

Eric

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2259

VCard is a standard format to exchange contact info between applications. It is the format used by Mac OS X Address Book, Entourage and Outlook to name a few. MaxBulk uses this format to allow you to drag and drop contacts from those applications.