pasteclip viewport no workie?

Hi
I've copied and pasted viewports many times in the past, but now it seems to
fail

example clip from text screen (note: viewport layer not locked)

Command: _copybase Specify base point: 1 found ...(selected a viewport)
Command:
Command: _pasteclip
Command:

..notice...no prompt for insertion point...........nothing pasted.....no
error message...

Command: _copybase Specify base point: 1 found ....(copied a dimension
entity)
Command: _pasteclip Duplicate definition of block _ArchTick ignored.
Specify insertion point:
.....note pasteclip works with objects other than viewports

only viewport objects seem to have this problem

note: the same problem wheter called in my lisp routine or manually via acad
commands
(defun C:CZ();copyclip at '(0 0)
(command "_copybase" "_non" '(0 0 0)))

(defun CZ();Pasteclip at '(0 0)
(command "_pasteclip" "_non" '(0 0 0)))

has anyone else experienced this? any solutions? why would it suddenly stop
working...and why does it work sometimes and not others?

on further study the drawings in which it doesn't work were created from a
template.
it also does not work in the template file or in any drawings based on the
template file

any info appreciated

tia
Mark

 

I have the same problem with borders in paperspace
Here a solution somebody post on my post in 2004 discussion group
not sure if it works have not had chance to tried this out



Response from Charliep in 2004 group

Check out a post that I made on 06/23/03.
http://discussion.autodesk.com/thread.jspa?messageID=3205
I had a similar problem. I found out that my Express Tools were not loaded.
I had to insert my A2K4 CD and do a custom load to load my express tools.
Hope that this helps.

 

I've been having the same problem. My work around has been to create a temp block (for copying between different layouts). I even viewed the clipboard to verify that what I selected to copy was there, but pasting did nothing.

 

tsigwing,
thanks for the response.

was it only when a viewport was included in the copy set?
did it only happen when dwg was created from a template?
I found that normally i can copyclip and pasteclip a viewport with no
problem
but for some reason the dwg i used for a dwt had vports with the no paste
problem
so all dwgs made from that dwt had the same problem
very strange

temp block (for copying between different layouts). I even viewed the
clipboard to verify that what I selected to copy was there, but pasting did
nothing.

does your temp block include a viewport?
how did you view the clipboard?