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Button to copy text field value to notepad

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2008-04-08 10:37:59
smilem
Registered: Apr 1 2008
Posts: 101

Anyone? I need to paste the data into another program like notepad.

I tried

Let's say you create a variable named "textValue".

2) Create a regular button for copying. Add the following JavaScript to the click event of the button:

textValue.value = TextField5.rawValue;

3) Create a regular button for pasting. This is where it is tricky. You can use an easy script to just populate a field value like:

TextField6.rawValue = textValue.value;

But I can't paste in notepad

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2008-04-09 07:50:39
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almitche
Expert
Registered: Apr 1 2008
Posts: 41
Hi smilem,

I looked into this a little further, but no luck. One thought was to use Acrobat's execMenuItem() method to call the Copy functionality from the hosting Application (Acrobat/Reader), but that action is restricted, it seems due to security considerations.

I was trying to do this:

app.execMenuItem("Copy");

I can't find any other way to perform the action you describe.

Apologies.
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2008-04-09 08:01:08
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smilem
Registered: Apr 1 2008
Posts: 101
almitche wrote:
Hi smilem,I looked into this a little further, but no luck. One thought was to use Acrobat's execMenuItem() method to call the Copy functionality from the hosting Application (Acrobat/Reader), but that action is restricted, it seems due to security considerations.

I was trying to do this:

app.execMenuItem("Copy");

I can't find any other way to perform the action you describe.

Apologies.
Perhaps there is a way to override this? Security settings?
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