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Created April 14, 2012 17:39
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JavaScript: Copy to clipboard
function copyToClipboard(meintext) {
if (window.clipboardData)
window.clipboardData.setData("Text", meintext);
else if (window.netscape) {
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalXPConnect");
var clip = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/widget/clipboard;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIClipboard);
if (!clip)
return false;
var trans = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/widget/transferable;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITransferable);
if (!trans)
return false;
trans.addDataFlavor("text/unicode");
var str = new Object();
var len = new Object();
var str = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/supports-string;1"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsString);
str.data=meintext;
trans.setTransferData("text/unicode",str,meintext.length*2);
var clipid=Components.interfaces.nsIClipboard;
if (!clipid)
return false;
clip.setData(trans,null,clipid.kGlobalClipboard);
}
return false;
}
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