The Browser Matters

By Cliff Berg

Dr. Dobb's Journal November 1997

(a)
PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege("UniversalSystemClipboardAccess");
(b)
Clipboard clipboard = getToolkit().getSystemClipboard();
Transferable transferable = clipboard.getContents(this);

Example 1: (a) Netscape method for requesting clipboard access; (b) retrieving the data in the system clipboard.

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