186305 - CF_UNICODETEXT is placed doubled in the IDataObject for drag and drop

Status: RESOLVED EXPIRED

(Core :: DOM: Copy & Paste and Drag & Drop, defect)

Description

[MatthiasMann]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.2.1) Gecko/20021130

When dragging a link from mozilla in an ole inspector program it shows that the
format CF_UNICODETEXT is placed twise in the IDataObject and both instances of
CF_UNICODETEXT contains the same data.

The inspector can be found at http://www.codeproject.com/clipboard/clipspy.asp

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Drag a link to the inspector

Actual Results:  
The content of the IDataObject (used to transport the drag and drop data on
windows platforms) is displayed. The format CF_UNICODETEXT appears twise.

Expected Results:  
Place every format only once in the IDataObject

Comment 1

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

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Comment 2

[Gervase Markham [:gerv]]

This bug has been automatically resolved after a period of inactivity (see above
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