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Unable to copy text from MS Word virtual buffer #11839

@CyrilleB79

Description

@CyrilleB79

Steps to reproduce:

  • Open MS word
  • write some text
  • Press ctrl+space to review the text or to use quick nav keys
  • select some text
  • press ctrl+c to copy the selected text

Actual behavior:

The selected text is not copied to clipboard and the following error is logged:

ERROR - scriptHandler.executeScript (12:13:52.772) - MainThread (308):
error executing script: <bound method CursorManager.script_copyToClipboard of <NVDAObjects.window.winword.WordDocumentTreeInterceptor object at 0x06ABA230>> with gesture 'contrôle+c'
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "scriptHandler.pyc", line 208, in executeScript
  File "cursorManager.pyc", line 409, in script_copyToClipboard
  File "treeInterceptorHandler.pyc", line 193, in copyToClipboard
TypeError: copyToClipboard() takes 1 positional argument but 2 were given

Expected behavior:

The text is copied without error.

System configuration

NVDA installed/portable/running from source:

Temporary copy.

NVDA version:

Last alpha snapshot.

Windows version:

10

Name and version of other software in use when reproducing the issue:

N/A

Other information about your system:

Other questions

Does the issue still occur after restarting your computer?

Not tested.

Have you tried any other versions of NVDA? If so, please report their behaviors.

Yes. 2020.3 is OK.

If addons are disabled, is your problem still occuring?

Not tested

Did you try to run the COM registry fixing tool in NVDA menu / tools?

No

Note

Issue very propably introduced by PR #9843.
cc @JulienCochuyt

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