joshua,
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> From: Joshua Olson
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> 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:
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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
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