ASP Copy from Textbox - Visual Basic .NET

Michael SL

I have been looking in the newsgroup but cannot find what I need. I am using Visual Studio to to build a VB.Net application using System.Web.UI.P age NOT windows.forms. The server fills a textbox and sends it to the client. Initially I wanted to print the textbox but after viewing the complexity it was decided we did not want to spend that amount of time on this. Now the desire is for the client clicking a "button" to have the contents of the textbox copied to the windows clipboard so they can paste the textbox contents into Word or Notepad. Please help - Thanks.

Nov 20 '05 #1

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Scott M.

You are trying to have the web server copy information to the client
clipboard? You can't do this. The nature of ASP.NET is that when the code
executes, it is executing on a web server somewhere. When that code is done
executing (emphasis on "done"), it returns the results of the code (emphasis
on results) to the calling client.

You never have a dedicated real-time connection between the client and
server for the purposes of code processing. It pretty much boils down to
your ASP.NET code can control and "talk" to elements accessible to the
server and your resulting HTML can control and "talk" to elements accessible
to the client.

But because neither HTML or JavaScript give you an API to the client Windows
clipboard, you are out of luck.

However, users can still use the traditional ways to cut, copy and paste
(keyboard shortcuts, right clicking).
"Michael SL" <mi************ *****@compuware .com> wrote in message
news:C1******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

I have been looking in the newsgroup but cannot find what I need. I am

using Visual Studio to to build a VB.Net application using
System.Web.UI.P age NOT windows.forms. The server fills a textbox and sends
it to the client. Initially I wanted to print the textbox but after viewing
the complexity it was decided we did not want to spend that amount of time
on this. Now the desire is for the client clicking a "button" to have the
contents of the textbox copied to the windows clipboard so they can paste
the textbox contents into Word or Notepad. Please help - Thanks.

Nov 20 '05 #2

Michael SL

Scot

I guess I was not clear. I want the client to have a button available which when clicked copies the contents of a textbox without the server ever knowing it occurred. I figure this has to be done through a script which is part of the HTML but I have not been able to figure out how to make this happen. Thanks - Michael

Nov 20 '05 #3

Scott M.

IE supports the clipboardData object in its Browser Object Model. To use
it, do something similiar to this:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaS cript">

function ClipboardSend()
{
clipboardData.s etData("text",t xtTest.value)
}

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<Input type="text" ID="txtTest">
<Input type="button" onClick="Clipbo ardSend()" Value="Copy To Clipboard">

</BODY>
<HTML>

I can't say if this will work in other non IE browsers.

Good luck.
"Michael SL" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:A0******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...

Scott

I guess I was not clear. I want the client to have a button available

which when clicked copies the contents of a textbox without the server ever
knowing it occurred. I figure this has to be done through a script which is
part of the HTML but I have not been able to figure out how to make this
happen. Thanks - Michael

Nov 20 '05 #4

Michael SL

That works! Thanks a lot. -- Michae

----- Scott M. wrote: ----

IE supports the clipboardData object in its Browser Object Model. To us
it, do something similiar to this

<HTML><HEAD><SC RIPT LANGUAGE="JavaS cript"

function ClipboardSend(

clipboardData.s etData("text",t xtTest.value
</SCRIPT></HEAD><BODY><Inp ut type="text" ID="txtTest"><I nput type="button" onClick="Clipbo ardSend()" Value="Copy To Clipboard"></BODY><HTML

I can't say if this will work in other non IE browsers

Good luck
"Michael SL" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in messag
news:A0******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com..

Scot
I guess I was not clear. I want the client to have a button availabl

which when clicked copies the contents of a textbox without the server eve
knowing it occurred. I figure this has to be done through a script which i
part of the HTML but I have not been able to figure out how to make thi
happen. Thanks - Michae

Nov 20 '05 #5

Mike Bulava

that's a Java Function so it should work on any JAva enabled Broswer..
"Scott M." <s-***@BADSPAMsnet .net> wrote in message
news:O7******** *****@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl...

IE supports the clipboardData object in its Browser Object Model. To use
it, do something similiar to this:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaS cript">

function ClipboardSend()
{
clipboardData.s etData("text",t xtTest.value)
}

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<Input type="text" ID="txtTest">
<Input type="button" onClick="Clipbo ardSend()" Value="Copy To Clipboard">

</BODY>
<HTML>

I can't say if this will work in other non IE browsers.

Good luck.
"Michael SL" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:A0******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Scott

I guess I was not clear. I want the client to have a button available which when clicked copies the contents of a textbox without the server

ever knowing it occurred. I figure this has to be done through a script which is part of the HTML but I have not been able to figure out how to make this
happen. Thanks - Michael

Nov 20 '05 #6

Scott M.

No, it's not a Java function (at least not in the context of this
discussion). It's not part of any language at all, it's part of the IE BOM
(a member of the window object) and is available to any language that has
access to IE browser objects.

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

"Mike Bulava" <mb*****@comcas t.net> wrote in message
news:uI******** ******@TK2MSFTN GP09.phx.gbl...

that's a Java Function so it should work on any JAva enabled Broswer..
"Scott M." <s-***@BADSPAMsnet .net> wrote in message
news:O7******** *****@tk2msftng p13.phx.gbl...
IE supports the clipboardData object in its Browser Object Model. To use it, do something similiar to this:

<HTML>
<HEAD>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaS cript">

function ClipboardSend()
{
clipboardData.s etData("text",t xtTest.value)
}

</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>

<Input type="text" ID="txtTest">
<Input type="button" onClick="Clipbo ardSend()" Value="Copy To Clipboard">
</BODY>
<HTML>

I can't say if this will work in other non IE browsers.

Good luck.
"Michael SL" <an*******@disc ussions.microso ft.com> wrote in message
news:A0******** *************** ***********@mic rosoft.com...
Scott

I guess I was not clear. I want the client to have a button available which when clicked copies the contents of a textbox without the server

ever
knowing it occurred. I figure this has to be done through a script

which is
part of the HTML but I have not been able to figure out how to make this
happen. Thanks - Michael

Nov 20 '05 #7

Cor

Hi

I was currious about this, and searched for it on Google,

See this link, it gives also a more complete answer on the question.
It is half Dutch and half English, but the main things are English I saw.

Cor

Nov 20 '05 #8

Cor

Before I get back "Hi Cor nothing to see :-)

http://www.krikkit.net/howto_javascr...clipboard.html

Cor

I was currious about this, and searched for it on Google,

See this link, it gives also a more complete answer on the question.
It is half Dutch and half English, but the main things are English I saw.

Cor

Nov 20 '05 #9

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