Why does pasting rows into an existing table cause Arbortext Editor to say that the paste is invalid?

Submitted by: Brent Hartwig Last Updated: 2006-09-02

What's the specific error message? When I try pasting from one table to another of different column counts (and have selected row in target table), I get "[A30014] The information cannot be pasted because the source and destination are not the same size and shape." If source row has less columns than target table and I just paste in a cell, Epic handles it; else (source row has more columns than target table), same error message is given.

I also notice that if Epic agrees with the row I want to paste above or below the row I have selected, the "Paste Insert Above" and "Paste Insert Below" popup menu items are enabled. Is this happening for your user? The active clause of these menu items is _tblnav::tbl_can_paste_insert defined in packages\main\_tblnav.acl

What about other table operations? Can your user create a new row into the table they are unable to paste within?

Another option is to display table markup, copy ... and paste it where in a contextually correct spot in the target table. You'll be allowed to do things you may not appreciate...this is more to see what happens.

If you suspect preferences, ask the user to either delete or temporarily rename their preference file. "eval get_preferences_path(1)" will tell you their path.

You say it reproduces in the custom environment and AXDocbook. Does it reproduce in vanilla Epic (no customizations loaded in Epic's session)? If not and preferences aren't the issue, you're back to the customizations.