JavaScript : Select and Copy to clipboard

I need to create report that user wants to be able to copy from browser to
docs / e-mail and spreadsheet.
I was wondering is it possible to write a JavaScript that would copy part of
html to clipboard.

Thank you,
Shimon

re: JavaScript : Select and Copy to clipboard

nope, script cannot access the system clipboard. You can, however, wrap the
call in an ActiveX object to get around the permissions issue.

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>I need to create report that user wants to be able to copy from browser to
>docs / e-mail and spreadsheet.
> I was wondering is it possible to write a JavaScript that would copy part
> of html to clipboard.
>
> Thank you,
> Shimon
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re: JavaScript : Select and Copy to clipboard

Hi Shimon,

As Alvin has mentioned, basic clientside script can't do such things since
it 's very restricted and haven't permission to access most of the
clientside resources(such as file , registry, clipboard....). Using
ActiveX control is one approach , however it'll have security requirement
on the clientside which may make the web application somewhat tightly
coupled with clientside. How do you think of this?

Steven Cheng
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