Copying to the clipboard

[Jeff]

....working with visualweb.net 2005 and vb.

....trying to simply copy the contents from a textbox to the clipboard.

I've looked at a large number of places on line and they give me various
code, but it doesn't work. I'm apparently missing some type of declaration,
and the code is diffent in visualweb.net than elsewhere.
When I try the code below, it tells me that the "name clipboard is not
declared"

What am I missing?

Thanks

Jeff
Protected Sub BtnCopy_Click(B yVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles BtnCopy.Click
Clipboard.SetDa taObject(TextBo x1.Text)
End Sub

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[Scott M.]

If it isn't recognizing the name Clipboard, then you haven't got the
namespace that contains the Clipboard class imported.
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...working with visualweb.net 2005 and vb.

...trying to simply copy the contents from a textbox to the clipboard.

I've looked at a large number of places on line and they give me various
code, but it doesn't work. I'm apparently missing some type of
declaration, and the code is diffent in visualweb.net than elsewhere.
When I try the code below, it tells me that the "name clipboard is not
declared"

What am I missing?

Thanks

Jeff
Protected Sub BtnCopy_Click(B yVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles BtnCopy.Click
Clipboard.SetDa taObject(TextBo x1.Text)
End Sub

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[Jeff]

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If it isn't recognizing the name Clipboard, then you haven't got the
namespace that contains the Clipboard class imported.

Thanks, but I'm still new at this. Could you please explain how to do that?

Jeff
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[Newbie Coder]

Jeff,

See if you have a reference to the 'System.Windows .Forms' class for a start

Then you can use your code as normal to copy to the clipboard

If you then want to paste the clipboard data then use this code:

Dim iData As IDataObject = Clipboard.GetDa taObject()
TextBox1.Text = CType(iData.Get Data(DataFormat s.Text), String)

I used TextBox1 to hold the pasted text

I hope this helps,

Newbie Coder

[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Jeff,

To use the clipboard in a windows form app, you have to reference to the
System.Windows. Forms assembly. By default, when you create the project, it
was automatically added. If it isn't there, you can add it using Add
Referece.

Then all you need to do is to use SetDataObject method. If you didn't
import the namespace, you just need to add namespace before the class name,
like the following.

Protected Sub BtnCopy_Click(B yVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles BtnCopy.Click
System.Windows. Forms.Clipboard .SetDataObject( TextBox1.Text)
End Sub

By the way, this can only be used in a windows form app. For web app, doing
clipboard operations at client side involves scripting.

Kevin Yu
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[Jeff]

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By the way, this can only be used in a windows form app. For web app,
doing
clipboard operations at client side involves scripting.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Okay, this must be the problem. I found similar instructions to what you and
the other poster provided, but I am attempting this on a web app.

Is there an easy way get the text from a dot.net text box in a web app into
the clipboard using javascript or similar script after clicking a dot.net or
html button?

Jeff

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[Kevin Yu [MSFT]]

Hi Jeff,

On the webpage, you have to achieve this with client side scripts. Here are
many examples for your refrence. If anything is unclear, please feel free
to let me know.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../aug04/hey0813.
mspx

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/ja...le.php/3458851

Kevin Yu
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[Scott M.]

<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>
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>By the way, this can only be used in a windows form app. For web app,
doing
clipboard operations at client side involves scripting.

Kevin Yu
Microsoft Online Community Support

Okay, this must be the problem. I found similar instructions to what you
and the other poster provided, but I am attempting this on a web app.

Is there an easy way get the text from a dot.net text box in a web app
into the clipboard using javascript or similar script after clicking a
dot.net or html button?

Jeff

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[Jeff]

"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
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On the webpage, you have to achieve this with client side scripts. Here
are
many examples for your refrence. If anything is unclear, please feel free
to let me know.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../aug04/hey0813.
mspx

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/ja...le.php/3458851

Kevin Yu

I get the general idea, but I'm new to VB and even newer to scripting so I'm
missing one or two details.
The first page you pointed to above looks promising for my application. What
I'm doing is having the application produce text that is visible in a
textbox - that part's okay. I would then like the user to be able to click a
button and have that text copied to the clipboard. I tried the code below
that is similar to what was suggested on the first page. I get no warnings
during development, but when I attempt to run it, the client side browser
produces an error that the active-X component could not be created (IE7 on
vista rc1 - I haven't tested elsewhere).

What might I be still missing?
Jeff

Protected Sub BtnCopy_Click(B yVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles BtnCopy.Click
Dim objIE
Dim strCopy As String

strCopy = "This text has been copied to the clipboard."

objIE = CreateObject("I nternetExplorer .Application")
objIE.Navigate( "about:blan k")
objIE.document. parentwindow.cl ipboardData.Set Data("text", strCopy)
objIE.Quit()

End Sub

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[Scott M.]

I wouldn't try to solve this with server-side VB.NET code. As pointed out,
the clipboard is a client-side object and so the best place to put your code
is on the client (JavaScript).

Simply add the following JavaScript function to your HTML (in the <HEAD>
section):

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaS cript">

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

</SCRIPT>
Then, further down in your HTML (probably right after the code for your
textbox), add the following code to create the client-side button that takes
the text from your textbox and puts it on the clipboard:

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

That should do it.

Good luck,

-Scott
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"Kevin Yu [MSFT]" <v-****@online.mic rosoft.comwrote in message
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>On the webpage, you have to achieve this with client side scripts. Here
are
many examples for your refrence. If anything is unclear, please feel free
to let me know.

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/scr.../aug04/hey0813.
mspx

http://www.htmlgoodies.com/beyond/ja...le.php/3458851

Kevin Yu

I get the general idea, but I'm new to VB and even newer to scripting so
I'm missing one or two details.
The first page you pointed to above looks promising for my application.
What I'm doing is having the application produce text that is visible in a
textbox - that part's okay. I would then like the user to be able to click
a button and have that text copied to the clipboard. I tried the code
below that is similar to what was suggested on the first page. I get no
warnings during development, but when I attempt to run it, the client side
browser produces an error that the active-X component could not be created
(IE7 on vista rc1 - I haven't tested elsewhere).

What might I be still missing?
Jeff

Protected Sub BtnCopy_Click(B yVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
System.EventArg s) Handles BtnCopy.Click
Dim objIE
Dim strCopy As String

strCopy = "This text has been copied to the clipboard."

objIE = CreateObject("I nternetExplorer .Application")
objIE.Navigate( "about:blan k")
objIE.document. parentwindow.cl ipboardData.Set Data("text", strCopy)
objIE.Quit()

End Sub

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