Accessing Client's Clipboard

[fees]

Hi All,

I am trying to retrieve an image from the users clipboard and save it to a file on the server. I copy an mschart to the clipboard using chart.editcopy and I know that it exists within the clients clipboard.

I have been trying to access the clipboard from the client side (using javascript) but it has been pointed out to me that I have to use server-side code.


Any help greatly appreciated,
Fiona

[PeOfEo]

You can't use server side code to do it. You keep comeing in here asking how to do stuff with the client server side, but its not possible. A server side script cannot deal with the client like that because the server side script is actually run by the server, hence the name. Its like a script running on a server cant execute programs on the clients box. A client side script cannot execute programs on the server. There is a gap, and if there were not it would be a massive security problem.

[buntine]

Peo, we should write a big article explaining what a server-side language can and cannot do. It seems most users are not sure about the restrictions.

[PeOfEo]

Yes, its probably time for another sticky.
Maybe we could get it posted in the php cgi forums too....

[CardboardHammer]

Ummm... a moderator was the one who pointed her in the wrong direction: http://www.webdeveloper.com/forum/sh...threadid=39936

[PeOfEo]

LOL. He should read the sticky when we make it.

[fees]

I have absolutely no idea how to do these things. I only came into THIS forum because someone told me to.

Im sorry, I won't post anything again.

[PeOfEo]

You can post stuff, you are just not going to be able to do what you are looking to do with asp.net.