Hi,

I need to copy some information to the clipboard and enable the user to
paste it to a site which is loaded by my application (using a TPage
control).

Is that possible with EWB?

Thanks Uli

That made me wonder if it was possible at all. It seems it sort of is.

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-to-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript


As for whether you can run arbitrary javascript in EWB, I don't know. It would be
useful I guess, but it would also be dangerous. If available, it would be a
powerful tool.

/Matthew Jones/

Matthew,

> That made me wonder if it was possible at all. It seems it sort of is.
>
> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/400212/how-to-copy-to-the-clipboard-in-javascript

Thanks.

I've seen some websites (don't remember them unfortunately) where you
can press a button and copy code to the clipboard. That works also with
browsers <> IE.

Uli

Uli,

> I've seen some websites (don't remember them unfortunately) where you
> can press a button and copy code to the clipboard. That works also with
> browsers <> IE.

Those usually rely on Flash (i.e.
http://code.google.com/p/zeroclipboard/) - so you'd need flash installed
(and it would not work on many mobile browsers - at least iOS ones).

Raul

Uli,

<< I need to copy some information to the clipboard and enable the user to
> paste it to a site which is loaded by my application (using a TPage
> control). >>

AFAIK sandboxing makes this one one tricky so easiest would be to train
user to copy/paste manually.

I'm no expert but security implications of clipboard access would make
this one unlikely to be implemented by browsers (without lot of scary
prompts).

Raul

Raul,

> I'm no expert but security implications of clipboard access would make
> this one unlikely to be implemented by browsers (without lot of scary
> prompts).

Thank you. You are right, I'll have to find another way to achieve what
I need.

Regards Uli

I quite liked one response to the stackoverflow Q, where the developer pops up a
box with an edit and the text selected and says to press Ctrl-C, Enter.

/Matthew Jones/

Matthew,

> I quite liked one response to the stackoverflow Q, where the developer pops up a
> box with an edit and the text selected and says to press Ctrl-C, Enter.

Yes, I saw that one. Unfortunately it doesn't help much with a tablet.

What I am actually doing is:

I have a windows application that stores links together with login data
(if available). This application is started by using a hotkey . After
having searched the website, this website is launched. A second press of
the hotkey returns the handle of the active form field in the browser,
so that my application can fill in the necessary data (it can also send
ENTER's and TAB's).

Now I try to migrate this application into a web application using EWB,
so that it can be used by an Android tablet.
The main form contains a TPage control where the desired website is
displayed.
No problems except entering the login data. That doesn't seem to be
possible.

That's why I asked, if it's at least possible, to copy this login data
to the clipboard.

Thanks Uli

Uli,

<< Now I try to migrate this application into a web application using EWB,
so that it can be used by an Android tablet. The main form contains a TPage
control where the desired website is
> displayed. No problems except entering the login data. That doesn't seem
> to be possible. >>

Yeah, you're going to have issues getting access to the internal document
elements for a TPage if the document was not loaded from the same source
(same domain/port).  It's the same thing with clipboard access: the browser
vendors/developers don't want naughty developers automating things like
putting data on the clipboard or pasting it, for obvious reasons.

Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com