lunedì, luglio 02, 2007

Copy a text from Flash to to the sytem clipboard

A neat series of examples on ActionScript.org

<html>

<head>

<title>Flash To Clipboard</title>

<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1">

<script language="Javascript">

<!--

// Flash to Clipboard

// By drZoode (zoode@usa.net)

// IE 4 and above specific execCommand methods

// are used to get access to the clipboard

// the innerText property of a hidden textarea (id="hiddenBox")

// is used to manipulate the text range

function flashToClipBoard(flashInput) {

// the argument of this function is passed from Flash

myForm.hiddenBox.innerText = flashInput;

copiedText = myForm.hiddenBox.createTextRange();

copiedText.execCommand("Copy");

pastedText = myForm.pasteHere.createTextRange();

pastedText.execCommand("Paste");

}

function clipBoardToFlash() {

pastedText = myForm.pasteHere.createTextRange();

pastedText.execCommand("Paste");

var goToFlash = myForm.pasteHere.innerText;

// we use a Flash Method to *simulate* the pasting effect

// as this is a IE only exercise we do not care for Netscape friendly syntax

window.movie.SetVariable("_root.text", goToFlash);

}

//-->

</script>

</head>

<body bgcolor="#999999" text="#000000">

<form id="myForm">

<table width="600" border="0" cellspacing="5" cellpadding="5">

<tr>

<td>

<textarea rows="10" cols="50" id="hiddenBox" style="display:none" name="textarea">

</textarea>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<p>The text in the clipboard will appear here.

<br>You can open a text editor program (e.g. Notepad) and paste the text there.</p>

</td>

</tr>

<tr>

<td>

<textarea rows="6" cols="40" id="pasteHere" name="textarea2">

</textarea>

</td>

</tr>

</table>

<br>

<br>

</form>

[Flash embed]

<p> NOTE: If the text you have copied in Flash has carriage returns you cannot copy it back to the clipboard.

<p><b>Here is some text that you can copy to the clipboard</b>

<br>(Choose Edit>Copy or right-click and copy).

<br>

<br>'Twas brillig, and the slithy toves

<br>Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:

<br>All mimsy were the borogoves,

<br>And the mome raths outgrabe.

<br><br>

<button onClick = "clipBoardToFlash()">Paste to Flash </button>

</p>

</body>

</html>

posted by Mr. Entropy at 5:12 PM