# Reading Clipboard contents

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-clipboard-contents/257766>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [April 16, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-clipboard-contents/257766 "2008-04-16T21:43:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 1\
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**Author:** ![energy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/f1d935/32.png) [@energy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/energy)\
**Post date:** [April 16, 2008, 9:43pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/reading-clipboard-contents/257766/1 "2008-04-16T21:43:09Z")

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Is it possible to read system clipboard contents in AS3 or even AS2?  
I tried everywhere but cldn’t find a solution till now…