joshua, ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< > From: Joshua Olson > > I'm using a text field as a go between on an IE only > page so that I can construct a string and copy it to > the users clipboard. The code sorta looks like this: ><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><><>< i've not had very good luck with the exec() method to copy contents to the clipboard. since you're using ie-only, may i suggest you look into the clipboardData object and the setDate() method. window.clipboardData.setData('Text', string_im_building); i've successfully copied strings with tabs, new lines, and all sorts of other characters and had it all retained exactly as i constructed it. clipboardData object (watch wrap): <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/objects/clipboarddata.asp> setData() method (watch wrap): <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/setdata.asp> good luck, .jeff http://evolt.org/ jeff at members.evolt.org http://members.evolt.org/jeff/