> "Randy Webb" <HikksNotAtH@aol.com> wrote in message
> news:uqOdnYGYeuOv097b4p2dnA@giganews.com...
>> Jaez said the following on 5/10/2007 9:11 AM:
>>> As a newbie to javascript and asp.net 2 I have come across a problem
>>> related to the windows clipboard.

>>> I have written an application in vb6 which collects data and puts it on
>>> the user's clipboard in windows. On leaving that application it opens my
>>> webpage in IE6 or 7. The page displays a text box and the user is
>>> required to paste the clipboard into the text box.

>>> I read about window.clipboardData.getData('Text') and it seems an idea
>>> way of pasting the contents of the clipboard straight into the text box
>>> during webpage load.

>>> My problem is that my pages are written in asp.net 2 (VB style) and I
>>> have failed in all attempts to get the clipboard to paste to an asp.net
>>> textbox. I realise that its a job for javascript on the client side.

>>> What i need is something like

>>>     Protected Sub Page_Load(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As
>>> System.EventArgs)
>>>         textbox2.text=window.clipboardData.getData("Text");
>>>     End Sub

>>> I have also  tried

>>> response.write("<script
>>> type='text/javascript'>textbox2.text=window.clipboardData.getData('Text')</ script>");

>>> I rather suspect that I need to make a jasvascript function but have no
>>> idea how to make a function that returns a variable that can be picked up
>>> in asp.net during form load
>> Pure clientside JS (there are probably other ways):

>> window.onload = setValue;

>> function setValue(){
>> textbox2.value=window.clipboardData.getData('Text')
>> }

>> You set a value, not the .text. Also, you may want to break the habit of
>> using the IE shortcut of textbox2 referring to an element with ID/NAME of
>> textbox2 as it will break any browser other than IE.

> Thanks Randy

> I have tried adding the code in a number of ways and am still stuck
> I get TexBox1 undefined

> <form id="form1" runat="server">

> &nbsp;<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" OnClick="Button1_Click"
> Text="Button" />

> <asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server" Height="70px"
> Width="531px"></asp:TextBox>

> <script type='text/javascript'> window.onload = setValue; function
> setValue(){TextBox1.value=window.clipboardData.getData('Text')}</script>