Chapter 8. Importing and Exporting Data
A key feature of many desktop applications is the ability to use the computer’s clipboard. This means that a user should be able to select data in a program and place it on the clipboard (by either copying or cutting). The program should also be able to insert into a document data that is already in the clipboard (aka, pasting). Related to the use of the clipboard is support for dragging and dropping. The premise is the same as using the clipboard, but this process is mouse driven: The user selects something in one program and drags it to another window or program, or vice versa.
All this functionality is supported in any HTML-based AIR application by default, thanks to the WebKit rendering engine. In other ...
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