# Copying to "the clipboard" from flash?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-to-the-clipboard-from-flash/45558>\
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**Created:** [March 15, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-to-the-clipboard-from-flash/45558 "2004-03-15T22:50:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![jeffcapeshop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/90db22/32.png) [@jeffcapeshop](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/jeffcapeshop)\
**Post date:** [March 15, 2004, 10:50pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/copying-to-the-clipboard-from-flash/45558/1 "2004-03-15T22:50:07Z")

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hi,

want the user to be able to copy text from an input-textbox to the global-clipboard (so it can be pasted into word/notepad etc)

I realise the user could select the text and use ctrl\_c, but is it possible to set up a button in flash that will do this?

ideally i want it to select all the text in the box, and copy this to the clipboard.

any hints as to how this might work would be gratefully recieved,

jeff