----- Original Message ----- From: ".jeff" <jeff at members.evolt.org> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:40 PM > 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/clipboard data.asp> > > setData() method (watch wrap): > <http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/dhtml/reference/methods/setdata.a sp> Thanks .jeff, I'll certainly give that a shot. -joshua