Retrieve data from clipboard

[jabari78]

I have an input field. Let's say that someone has copied some text from elsewhere and wish to paste this in my input field. Is there a way to fint out what is currently in the clipboard before it is pasted? If so, please share the solution.

Thanks!

 

[timesign]

Sorry I cant help you - but would you be able to post the javascript code for a button in a form that would paste the clipboard text into the textarea in that form
thanks

 

[vongrunt]

AFAIK yes, at least under IE5 and higher:

<input type="text" onpaste="return checkClipboard()">
...
<script language="javascript">
function checkClipboard()
{	var forbidden_word = "phuck";

	blah = window.clipboardData.getData("Text");
	bValid = (blah.indexOf(forbidden_word)== -1)
	if (!bValid)	alert( "I'm sorry Dave. I can't do that" );

	return bValid;
}
</script>

 

[BillyRayPreachersSon]

You think HAL was programmed in Javascript?

Or maybe JScript, which is why he turned bad in the end? *grin*