strange clipboard thing

[Jmacp]

I have this flash app that has an input text field that produces a bunch of html code when you click a button.

well if i copy that code, right click/copy , then i can't paste it into any other app execpt another flash input field, paste option is greyed out, but greyed if i goto any other flash app with a textfield

[Kasracer]

Most likely, Flash adds additional values to the object put onto the clipboard making it not possible for other applications to use the data since it doesn't think it's a string.

[RobDog888]

Could the data on the cliboard be of a different type then text when its copied from flash?

[Jmacp]

Could the data on the cliboard be of a different type then text when its copied from flash?

yup must be some kind of different formatting somehwere, would have thought windows would still paste it regardless.

[RobDog888]

Not if its a image format, for ex., you wouldnt be able to paste it into notepad.

[iPrank]

Looks like the app created a Private Clipboard Format.
I have seen this in some font designing softwares.

[RobDog888]

Thats a good link. Maybe it is using the RegisterClipboardFormat logic to retian the data to Flash clipboards.