# Copy to clipboard

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894>\
**Category:** Uncategorized\
**Created:** [August 10, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894 "2004-08-10T02:38:59Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 9\
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**Author:** ![serkios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/serkios/32/608_2.png) [@serkios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/serkios)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 2:38am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/1 "2004-08-10T02:38:59Z")

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Is it possible to copy a variable into the computer system’s clipboard? If so, how? thanks-

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 2:49am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/2 "2004-08-10T02:49:52Z")

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this works in ie4+ [http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/selectform.htm](http://www.dynamicdrive.com/dynamicindex11/selectform.htm)

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**Author:** ![serkios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/serkios/32/608_2.png) [@serkios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/serkios)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/3 "2004-08-10T03:04:40Z")

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think its possible to do it in an .exe projector?

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**Author:** ![krilnon](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/krilnon/32/34_2.png) [@krilnon](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krilnon)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 4:22am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/4 "2004-08-10T04:22:35Z")

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Probably not. I could be wrong, but I thought that Dynamic Drive was mostly DHTML. They might have changed in the few months that I haven’t been there though.

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**Author:** ![kode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kode)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 4:30am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/5 "2004-08-10T04:30:31Z")

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```auto
var my_var:String = "Hello!";
System.setClipboard(my_var);

```

😛

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**Author:** ![Jeff\_Wheeler](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/59ef9b/32.png) [@Jeff\_Wheeler](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/Jeff_Wheeler)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 4:41am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/6 "2004-08-10T04:41:25Z")

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ooh! 😛 you learn something everyday 😃

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**Author:** ![kode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kode)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 4:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/7 "2004-08-10T04:42:58Z")

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Yup! 😃

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**Author:** ![serkios](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/user_avatar/forum.kirupa.com/serkios/32/608_2.png) [@serkios](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/serkios)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 6:11am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/8 "2004-08-10T06:11:04Z")

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Nice, thanks for the replies!

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**Author:** ![kode](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@kode](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/kode)\
**Post date:** [August 10, 2004, 9:03am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copy-to-clipboard/118894/9 "2004-08-10T09:03:56Z")

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No problem, serkios. 🙂