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December 23, 2022
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Copy/Paste issue with MathCAD 8.0

  • December 23, 2022
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I typically do all my work in a textbox and recently I cannot copy equations and text together and paste below inside the textbox. I would do this all the time but now it doesn't work. I can copy from a textbox and paste outside the text box, but this is inconvenient.

 

Anyone have any insight into why this may be happening now? 

 

Thanks. 

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    ppal_25568718-Opal
    18-Opal
    December 27, 2022

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    TP_102518831-VisitorAuthor
    1-Visitor
    December 29, 2022

    Hi there, 

     

    There is nothing really you attach. I did miss type my situation though. I do all my work in a Text Block not a text box, but I imagine it makes no difference. 

     

    Inside the text block I can type freely and initialize variables and work with those variables all inside the text block. This should work for you also. I used to be able to copy any content inside the text block and paste it below also inside the text block. Now all the math content will not paste inside the block. 

     

    I can copy math content from inside a text block and paste outside of the text block fine but pasting math content copied from inside a text block and pasting it further down inside the text block no longer works. 

     

     

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      ppal_25568718-Opal
      18-Opal
      December 29, 2022

      So you have a Text Block. Then you are putting a math function inside the text box?

       

      I did that and i can copy and paste fine. 

       

      No issues found.

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      LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
      23-Emerald IV
      December 31, 2022

      I guess you're the first to notice this behaviour.

      In my Prime 8 it works (not) in the same way as you describe.

      You apparently cannot select the text AND the math expressions sufficiently for them to be copied and then pasted into the same or another text box or text block. In order to copy the (embedded) math regions over, you have to select them separately in order to copy and paste them over.

      However if you paste the selection onto the canvas, outside of a text region, it pastes all (text AND math), as a new text region.

      The same behaviour occurs in older versions of Prime (I checked Prime 3.1 and 4).

      Are you sure it worked previously? Then it may be due to an update of MS dotnet...(and it's certainly NOT due to an update of Prime). However, if it never worked like you might expect, then it's a bug in Prime, dating from the introduction of allowing math regions in text (probably Prime 3).

      I'd say, report this as a bug.

       

      Success!
      Luc

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      TP_102518831-VisitorAuthor
      1-Visitor
      January 1, 2023

      Yeah, I have been working this way since at least MathCAD 6 so it was immediately noticeable when it stopped working. I just thought the program needed a restart at first, but apparently not. Thanks for your input. 

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        tslewis13-Aquamarine
        13-Aquamarine
        January 9, 2023

        I have the same issue just starting in MathCAD Prime 7 about 10 days ago. I use this functionality all the time and it has really broken my work flow. Have no idea why it just stated. 

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        СЧ_92673688-Gravel
        8-Gravel
        January 23, 2023

        https://community.ptc.com/t5/Mathcad-Installation/Mathcad-Prime-clipboard-bug-after-NET-7-0-framework-installing/m-p/850819

         

        I have several problem. And date several too. You can try to reset applications to default state by standard windows 10 function. And then never install NET 7.0 (uninstalling doesn't have effect). I tried several times and think that problem with NET 7.0.

        Please, write here, if you tried too and problem wasn't in NET 7.0.

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          tslewis13-Aquamarine
          13-Aquamarine
          January 23, 2023

          Thanks for info but this is not related to a legacy product that is no longer supported by PTC. Id prefer to concentrate on supported current versions. Uninstalling .NET 7 is not a realistic solution. There is a reason why .NET is updated.

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          LucMeekes23-Emerald IV
          23-Emerald IV
          January 23, 2023

          Without suggesting to imply that the cause for the behaviour is .net:

          It would not be the first time that an update of .net creates errors in certain applications that use .net....

           

          Luc

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          CH_104446393-Newcomer
          3-Newcomer
          February 23, 2023

          This is caused by a security update in some Microsoft .Net components related to .Net Framework 4.8. There is a fix for it described in https://support.microsoft.com/en-gb/topic/kb5022083-change-in-how-wpf-based-applications-render-xps-documents-a4ae4fa4-bc58-4c37-acdd-5eebc4e34556

           

          You have to download the script from that page and execute it power shell. It worked for me!

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            tslewis13-Aquamarine
            13-Aquamarine
            February 23, 2023

            I raised this error with mathcad a while back and chased up yesterday.

             

            They are aware if it see below, I understand mathcad prime 9 will resolve it but they are also working on a fix. I'm going to wait for a fox instead of going through the command line and messing about with my registry 

             

            As per R&D analysis & checks, Microsoft’s workaround resolves this issue. Following command needs to be executed in command prompt in Administrator mode

             

            reg add "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\.NETFramework\Windows Presentation Foundation\XPSAllowedTypes" /v "DisableDec2022Patch" /t REG_SZ /d "*" /reg:64

             

            (Above command source KB5022083 Change in how WPF-based applications render XPS documents - Microsoft Support)

             

            Please have a glance at below article for more information

             

            Unable to copy paste text and Math region in Text block if windows Update KB5020872 for .NET Framework 3.5 and 4.8 is installed on machine

             

             

             

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              CS_71759185-Regular Member
              5-Regular Member
              July 10, 2023

              I upgraded to MathCAD Prime 9 yesterday but, disappointingly, it doesn't fix this issue.

              I only have MathCAD Express (the free version), so can't see the article in the link.  Does it say anything interesting?

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