Thanks Max,  ie gives a confirmation message box asking users
permission prior which is nice. It is easy on a desktop but more
tedious to manually copy and paste Into web forms on the iPhone.

On Sep 4, 5:21 am, Maximilian Melcher
<[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I guess that this is not possible. You could steal information (e.g. copied
> emails and passwords) from the user without his knowing. And I think this
> would be a reason not to allow it...
>
> Sorry not a helpful answer :)
>
> cheers
> Max
>
> On Thu, Sep 3, 2009 at 06:50, Shawn <[email protected]>wrote:
>
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>
>
>
>
>
> > Thanks for the reply Rob.  So I wonder if anyone out there has found a
> > way or has some code to show how to do it?
>
> > On Sep 2, 8:18 pm, RobG <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Sep 2, 8:01 am, Shawn <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > > > Hello,
>
> > > > Does anyone know if it is possible to programmatically copy and paste
> > > > from a web page in iphone Safari?  I created a website that allows
> > > > copy and paste automation when viewing it from internet explorer,
> > > > however, it doesn't seem to work on iphone Safari.  For example, the
> > > > code to allow clipboard access via a web page on internet explorer is
> > > > as follows below: Does anyone know a way to modify it so that it will
> > > > work in iphone Safari with the 3gs?  Ultimately, I would like to
> > > > create a bookmarklet that navigates to a page and pastes the clipboard
> > > > that I have already copied from mail into a form text area box to save
> > > > some steps and time.
>
> > > The default setting for most browsers (including IE 8 and Firefox) is
> > > to deny access to the clipboard for personal data security reasons.
>
> > > Apple's WebKit-based applications provide cut, copy and paste events
> > > [1], you may be able to programmatically trigger them using
> > > dispatchEvent[2] but I doubt it, likely only the user can initiate
> > > them.
>
> > > 1. <URL:
> >http://developer.apple.com/mac/library/documentation/AppleApplication...
>
> > > 2. <URL:
> >http://www.w3.org/TR/DOM-Level-2-Events/events.html#Events-EventTarge...
>
> > > --
> > > Rob
>
> --
> Max

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