7.10 kCADEventIDEditPaste

kCADEventPhaseBefore

Choosing Paste in the Edit menu or pressing command-v, triggers a kCADEventPhaseBefore phase of the kCADEventIDEditPaste event. The action can be intercepted.

IO	Parameter	Type	Description
in	theCADArea	longint	Area ID
in	theEventID	longint	kCADEventIDEditPaste
in	theEventPhase	longint	kCADEventPhaseBefore
in	theEventData1	longint	Clipboard offscreen Area ID (most methods can operate on a clipboard area)
in	theEventData2	longint	Optional target Layer or Sublayer ID (if the option key was pressed)
in	theEventData3	longint	theCADRefID of the data on the clipboard (see CADSetRef)
in	theEventData4	longint	0
in	theMouseX	real	0.0
in	theMouseY	real	0.0
in	theEventValue1	real	0.0
in	theEventValue2	real	0.0
in	theKeyAsciiValue	integer	ASCII character value of pressed key, or 0
in	theModifiers	longint	Sum of pressed modifier keys, a mask of modifier key constants
in	theTickCount	longint	Tick count of the system software (a tick is a 1/60th of a second)
out	theEventResult	longint	Set to kCADEventResultDoFilter to filter out the event or to kCADEventResultDontFilter to let it pass.

The objects on the clipboard are accompanied by attributes of their source area, such as:

• CADSetRef values (useful in identifying the pasted data)
• Area settings and preferences
• Zoom and scroll positions
• Arrays with custom data
• Anything needed by the objects on the clipboard: layers, inserted blocks, linetypes, hatches and markings (see Copy and paste).

kCADEventPhaseAfter

An kCADEventPhaseAfter phase is generated when the kCADEventPhaseBefore phase passed and the action has taken place.

IO	Parameter	Type	Description
in	theCADArea	longint	Area ID
in	theEventID	longint	kCADEventIDEditPaste
in	theEventPhase	longint	kCADEventPhaseAfter
in	theEventData1	longint	Clipboard offscreen Area ID (most methods can operate on a clipboard area)
in	theEventData2	longint	Optional target Layer or Sublayer ID (if the option key was pressed)
in	theEventData3	longint	theCADRefID of the data on the clipboard (see CADSetRef)
in	theEventData4	longint	0
in	theMouseX	real	0.0
in	theMouseY	real	0.0
in	theEventValue1	real	0.0
in	theEventValue2	real	0.0
in	theKeyAsciiValue	integer	ASCII character value of pressed key, or 0
in	theModifiers	longint	Sum of pressed modifier keys, a mask of modifier key constants
in	theTickCount	longint	Tick count of the system software (a tick is a 1/60th of a second)
in/out	theEventResult	longint	Don’t change.