wxruby users - Aug 2009 - paste event

Here''s my code for:

evt_menu(@m_menu_paste) { pastetext } using wxruby2.0

def pastetext
      # this function is used to paste text from the clipboard and
      # does a simple test to see if the pasted text is a number
      # or a valid arithmetic expression
      # if not then restore the previous contents of the textctrl
      # (the calculator''s window) to its original state

      @m_textctrl.set_editable(true)
      start_value = @m_textctrl.get_value()
      @m_textctrl.paste


      end_value = @m_textctrl.get_value()

      puts "start value:::" + start_value
      puts "end value:::::" + end_value

      @m_textctrl.set_editable(false)

   end

When I run my calculator program I get the following output

ClipBoard Data: 123456

Calculator''s textctrl: 0123456 # I''m not worried about the
zero

Shell Output:

start value:::0
end value:::::0  # I was hoping this would be 0123456

I was hoping that I could manipulate the end_value but the paste event
does not fire until after the routine is finished.  I tried
process_event
but could not manage to get the right syntax.  Any help would be
appreciated.

Thanks,
Philip
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Never mind, I found Wx::Clipboard which alowed me to do what I wanted to 
do which was validate text on a clip board before placing it in the 
calculator''s textctrl.

-Philip
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