clip board data as html

hi all,

I am trying to copy the contents of a div to the clip board the same
way that Microsoft copies it when you select the contents with the
mouse and select copy. However, something is not the same.

here is the code simplified:
var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerHTML;

if( window.clipboardData && clipboardData.setData )
{
clipboardData.setData("text", s);
}

If I use this method to copy to clipboard, then to Word, i get:
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>text</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

however, if I select the table with the mouse, select copy, and paste
in to word, the actual table shows up like it did in the web page.

Any way to make the clipboard put the html in the correct format that
word wants?

Thanks,
-Scott

SirCodesALot wrote on 30 mei 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

hi all,

I am trying to copy the contents of a div to the clip board the same
way that Microsoft copies it when you select the contents with the
mouse and select copy. *However, something is not the same.

here is the code simplified:
var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerHTML;

Try IE only:

var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerText

if( window.clipboardData && clipboardData.setData )
* * *{
* * * * * clipboardData.setData("text", s);
* * }

If I use this method to copy to clipboard, then to Word, i get:
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>text</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

however, if I select the table with the mouse, select copy, and paste
in to word, the actual table shows up like it did in the web page.

Any way to make the clipboard put the html in the correct format that
word wants?

Thanks,
-Scott

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On May 30, 2:32*pm, "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivo...@interxnl.netwrote:

SirCodesALot wrote on 30 mei 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

hi all,

I am trying to copy the contents of a div to the clip board the same
way that Microsoft copies it when you select the contents with the
mouse and select copy. *However, something is not the same.

here is the code simplified:
var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerHTML;

Try IE only:

var s = document.getElementById("testDiv").innerText

if( window.clipboardData && clipboardData.setData )
* * *{
* * * * * clipboardData.setData("text", s);
* * }

If I use this method to copy to clipboard, then to Word, i get:
<TABLE><TBODY><TR><TD>text</TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>

however, if I select the table with the mouse, select copy, and paste
in to word, the actual table shows up like it did in the web page.

Any way to make the clipboard put the html in the correct format that
word wants?

Thanks,
-Scott

--
Evertjan.
The Netherlands.
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thanks for your reply, that does work, but it drops all the formating
for the tabels. When you selected with content with the mouse and do a
copy, MS must be saving other information about the formating for the
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On May 30, 2:32 pm, "Evertjan." <exjxw.hannivo...@interxnl.netwrote:

>SirCodesALot wrote on 30 mei 2008 in comp.lang.javascript:

thanks for your reply, that does work, but it drops all the formating
for the tabels. When you selected with content with the mouse and do a
copy, MS must be saving other information about the formating for the
table.