Get text from a webpage

**evanj** · Mar 31st, 2003, 04:29 AM

Can you help me to make a button that when pressed will copy all the contents as when you right click on a webpage and click select all and copy. If I am running the program while i am viewing a webpage and then i click the button I won't all the contets of that webpage i am viewing to be copied into the clipboard.

Just like this i did it to this page as an example
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Can you help me to make a button that when pressed will copy all the contents as when you right click on a webpage and click select all and copy. If I am running the program while i am viewing a webpage and then i click the button I won't all the contets of that webpage i am viewing to be copied into the clipboard.
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Yeah so can I have a little program which will do this for me copy into the clipboard.

Thanx for your time

Goday

**Anglo Saxon** · Apr 1st, 2003, 03:41 AM

Try this page :

Code:

<html>
<head>
    <title>Untitled</title>
<script>
 function SelectAndCopy() {
    var AllText = document.body.createTextRange();
    AllText.select();
	AllText.execCommand("Copy");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<!--START OF EXAMPLE TEXT FOR SELECTION-->
<a href="#" onClick="SelectAndCopy(); return false">Click to select all text and copy to the clipboard</a>
<pre>
MSDN Home >  MSDN Library >  HTML and Dynamic HTML >  Reference >  Methods  select Method  Internet 
Development Index 
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Makes the selection equal to the current object. 

Syntax

object.select()
Return Value

No return value.

Remarks

When applied to a TextRange object, the select method causes the current object to be highlighted. 
The following function uses the findText method to set the current object to the text in the TextRange object. 
The function assumes an element that contains the text string "text here". 

function TextRangeSelect() {
    var r = document.body.createTextRange();
    r.findText("text here");
    r.select();
}


When applied to a controlRange collection, the select method produces a shaded rectangle around the elements in 
the controlRange. The following function uses the add method to set the current object to an element in the 
controlRange collection. The function assumes an element with an id of "aaa". 

function ControlRangeSelect() {
    var r = document.body.createControlRange();
    r.add(document.all.aaa);
    r.select();
}


This feature might not be available on non-Microsoft. Win32. platforms. For the latest information about Microsoft 
Internet Explorer cross-platform compatibility, see article Q172976 in the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

Standards Information

This method is defined in World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) Document Object Model (DOM) Level 1 . 

Applies To

[ Object Name ] 
Platform Version 
Win16:  
Win32:  
WinCE:  
Unix:  
Mac:  
Version data is listed when the mouse hovers over a link, or the link has focus. 
TextRange, controlRange 
Move the mouse pointer over an element in the Applies To list to display availability information for the listed 
platforms. 

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<!--END OF EXAMPLE TEXT FOR SELECTION-->
</body>
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