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Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?


Nov 23 '05 #1
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ad wrote:
Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?


client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to it...

server-side:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Nov 23 '05 #2
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
ad wrote:
Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?


client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to it...

server-side:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

Nov 23 '05 #3
Using Javascript Command

document.execCo mmand('paste');

more details here ..

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...xeccommand.asp

I think this works only in IE and Browser settings can block the paste
operation..

"ad" wrote:
Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?


Nov 23 '05 #4
Edwin Knoppert wrote:
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
ad wrote:
Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?

client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to it...

server-side:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET



Yikes, you're right! Tells you how often I build IE-specific
applications, not to say other browsers might not have given this
capability. Me as a user? I don't like it....do you know if you get
cross-domain access (read stuff I copied while browsing a different domain)?

Anyway, I dug this up after Edwin's reply...

http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/a...pboardData.asp

looks like it only works for text that is copy/paste using the menus in
IE (not using shortcut keys)? Just figuring this out for myself as well...

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET
Nov 23 '05 #5
re:
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
Please post sample code.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net... MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
ad wrote:
Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?


client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to it...

server-side:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET


Nov 23 '05 #6
I did see this work on a live website, not mine.
It did work.
It was there to proof that the CB could be read.

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> schreef in bericht
news:ug******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
re:
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.


Please post sample code.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
ad wrote:
Hi,
How can we get the content of clipboard with program?

client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to
it...

server-side:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET



Nov 23 '05 #7
I would have liked to see sample code for doing that,
in ASP.NET, if it's that easy.

Maybe you didn't take into account that the clipboard class
is in the System.Windows. Forms namespace ( which, as
Craig told you, cannot be accessed by ASP.NET server-side ) ?

Even if it were to be accessed, it would be the *server's* clipboard
that's accessed, if this thing is running server-side, wouldn't it ?

So, that leaves, as the only alternative, to write a client-side program
which captures client data, in sync with the current ASP.NET context,
have the user install it and run it so that the correct data is captured client-side,
and figure out a way to insert the clipboard's contents to the server, in context
with the current request.

That last part doesn't seem too complicated, although it's certainly not "easy".

The first part certainly is complicated, and that's why I wondered why you
described the procedure as "once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server".

That "once obtained" is what you overlooked.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
I did see this work on a live website, not mine.
It did work.
It was there to proof that the CB could be read. "Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> schreef in bericht
news:ug******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
re:
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.


Please post sample code.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
ad wrote:
> Hi,
> How can we get the content of clipboard with program?

client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to it...
server-side:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp

--
craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

Nov 23 '05 #8
I don't think you listen well, i said client side.
Has nothing to do with ASP.NET etc..

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> schreef in bericht
news:uc******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
I would have liked to see sample code for doing that,
in ASP.NET, if it's that easy.

Maybe you didn't take into account that the clipboard class
is in the System.Windows. Forms namespace ( which, as
Craig told you, cannot be accessed by ASP.NET server-side ) ?

Even if it were to be accessed, it would be the *server's* clipboard
that's accessed, if this thing is running server-side, wouldn't it ?

So, that leaves, as the only alternative, to write a client-side program
which captures client data, in sync with the current ASP.NET context,
have the user install it and run it so that the correct data is captured
client-side,
and figure out a way to insert the clipboard's contents to the server, in
context
with the current request.

That last part doesn't seem too complicated, although it's certainly not
"easy".

The first part certainly is complicated, and that's why I wondered why you
described the procedure as "once obtained it is easy to transmit to the
server".

That "once obtained" is what you overlooked.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
I did see this work on a live website, not mine.
It did work.
It was there to proof that the CB could be read.

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> schreef in bericht
news:ug******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
re:
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.

Please post sample code.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
> ad wrote:
>> Hi,
>> How can we get the content of clipboard with program?
>
> client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to
> it... server-side:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
>
> --
> craig
> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET


Nov 23 '05 #9
Hmm, maybe i was to harsh.
But you get the idea.
It must be seen as local stuff.
"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> schreef in bericht
news:uc******** *****@TK2MSFTNG P15.phx.gbl...
I would have liked to see sample code for doing that,
in ASP.NET, if it's that easy.

Maybe you didn't take into account that the clipboard class
is in the System.Windows. Forms namespace ( which, as
Craig told you, cannot be accessed by ASP.NET server-side ) ?

Even if it were to be accessed, it would be the *server's* clipboard
that's accessed, if this thing is running server-side, wouldn't it ?

So, that leaves, as the only alternative, to write a client-side program
which captures client data, in sync with the current ASP.NET context,
have the user install it and run it so that the correct data is captured
client-side,
and figure out a way to insert the clipboard's contents to the server, in
context
with the current request.

That last part doesn't seem too complicated, although it's certainly not
"easy".

The first part certainly is complicated, and that's why I wondered why you
described the procedure as "once obtained it is easy to transmit to the
server".

That "once obtained" is what you overlooked.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
I did see this work on a live website, not mine.
It did work.
It was there to proof that the CB could be read.

"Juan T. Llibre" <no***********@ nowhere.com> schreef in bericht
news:ug******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP12.phx.gbl...
re:
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.

Please post sample code.

Juan T. Llibre, ASP.NET MVP
ASP.NET FAQ : http://asp.net.do/faq/
ASPNETFAQ.COM : http://www.aspnetfaq.com/
Foros de ASP.NET en Español : http://asp.net.do/foros/
=============== =============== ========
"Edwin Knoppert" <in**@pbsoft.sp eedlinq.nl> wrote in message
news:dm******** **@azure.qinip. net...
MSIE supports obtaining the user's clipboard.
Once obtained it is easy to transmit to the server.
"Craig Deelsnyder" <cdeelsny@NO_SP AM_4_MEyahoo.co m> schreef in bericht
news:uH******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP15.phx.gbl...
> ad wrote:
>> Hi,
>> How can we get the content of clipboard with program?
>
> client-side (on the user's PC): you can't. you don't have access to
> it... server-side:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...classtopic.asp
>
> --
> craig
> Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET


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