'OpenClipboard Failed' error is giving when try to copy clipboard using javascript

Posted Date: 05 Nov 2009 Posted By: Challa SudhakarReddy Member Level: Gold Points: 1 Responses: 2

Hi

Particular column data of selected rows from gridview should be copied into windows clipboard. And the following code is doing that. But we are getting the error some times, and error is "OpenClipboard Failed"

<script language="javascript" type="text/javascript">

function CopyToclipboard() {

var TargetBaseControl = document.getElementById('gvSearchResult');

var Inputs = TargetBaseControl.getElementsByTagName("input");
var TargetChildControl = "chkSelectbox";
var x = '';
window.clipboardData.clearData();
debugger
for (var n = 0; n < Inputs.length; n++) {

if (Inputs[n].type == 'checkbox' && Inputs[n].id.indexOf(TargetChildControl, 0) >= 0 && Inputs[n].checked) {

x = x +"\r\n" + TargetBaseControl.rows[n + 1].cells[3].innerText;

}
window.clipboardData.clearData('Text');
window.clipboardData.setData('Text', x);

}

return false;
}

</script>

Responses

Author: Lalji 05 Nov 2009 Member Level: Diamond Rating: Points: 2

show this sample code

<html>
<head>
     <title>Copy select</title>
<script>
/* Function to copy a selection to clipboard
   Copyright (c) 2001 Michel Plungjan javascripts(a)planet.nl */

function copyText(theSel) {
   if (!document.all) return; // IE only
   theForm = theSel.form;
   theForm.copyArea.value=theSel.options[theSel.selectedIndex].value;
   r=theForm.copyArea.createTextRange();
   r.select();
   r.execCommand('copy');
}
</script>
 
</head>

<body>
<form>
<select onChange="copyText(this)">
<option value="">Please select
<option value="alpha">A
<option value="bravo">B

</select>
<input type="hidden" name="copyArea" value="">
</form>


</body>
</html>

more reference
-----------------
http://www.frontpagewebmaster.com/m-185852/tm.htm
http://davidwalsh.name/clipboard

Author: vipul 05 Nov 2009 Member Level: Diamond Rating: Points: 2

hi,
if you running this on firefox then it is possible to get error (because your code is only work on microsoft ie) for running that into mozzila you can refer this link
http://www.gamedev.net/community/forums/topic.asp?topic_id=281951

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Thanks & Regards
Patel Vipul

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