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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">clipboardData</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">5(Win)</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>The <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object (accessible as a property
of a <span class="literal">window</span> or <span class="literal">frame</span> object) is
a temporary container that scripts in IE 5 and later for Windows can
use to transfer text data, particularly during script-controlled
operations that simulate cutting, copying, and pasting, or that
control dragging. Your script controls what data is stored in the
<span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object, such as just the text of an
element, an element's entire HTML, or the URL of an
image. For example, a page for children could display simple icon
images of several different kinds of animals. If the user starts
dragging the dog icon, the script initiated by the
<span class="literal">img</span> element's
<span class="literal">onDragStart</span> event handler stores a custom
attribute value of that element (perhaps the URL of a pretty dog
photo) into the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object. When the
user drops the icon into the designated area, the
<span class="literal">onDrop</span> event handler's function
reads the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object's
data and loads the photo image into position on the page.
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							<td colspan="2"><p>			Data stored in this object survives navigation to other pages within
the same domain and protocol. Therefore, you can use it to pass text
data (including arrays that have been converted to strings by the
<span class="literal">Array.join( )</span> method) from one page to another
without using cookies or <span class="literal">location.search</span> strings.
But this is not the system clipboard (for security reasons).
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							<td colspan="2"><p>			For more information on transferring data via this object and the
<span class="literal">event.dataTransfer</span> object, visit http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/datatransfer/overview.asp.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="htmlequivalent"><span class="title">HTML Equivalent</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None.</p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectmodelreference"><span class="title">Object Model Reference</span></td>
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					<td><span class="programlisting"><pre>[window.]clipboardData</pre>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectspecificproperties"><span class="title">Object-Specific Properties</span></td>
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						<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td><span class="literal">dropEffect</span></td><td><span class="literal">effectAllowed</span></td>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectspecificmethods"><span class="title">Object-Specific Methods</span></td>
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						<table border="1"><tbody><tr><td><span class="literal">clearData( )</span></td><td><span class="literal">getData( )</span></td><td><span class="literal">setData( )</span></td>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="objectspecificeventhandlerproperties"><span class="title">Object-Specific Event Handler Properties</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None. </p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">dropEffect, effectAllowed</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">5(Win)</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap class="usage"><p class="literal"></p>
					</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="requirements">Read/Write&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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						<p>These two properties belong to the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span>
object by inheritance from the <span class="literal">dataTransfer</span>
object, to which they genuinely apply. Ignore these properties for
the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object.
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">clearData( )</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">5(Win)</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap class="usage"><p class="literal">clearData([<span class="replaceable">dataFormat</span>])</p>
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						<p>Removes data from the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object.</p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="parameters"><span class="title">Parameters</span></td>
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<dt><var class="replaceable">dataFormat</var></dt>
<dd>
<p>An optional string specifying a single format for the data to be
removed. Earlier plans to allow multiple data types appear to have
fallen through. As of IE 6, the only reliable format is
<span class="LITERAL">Text</span>. Omitting the parameter removes all data of
all types.
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="returnedvalue"><span class="title">Returned Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			None.</p>
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		</div><div id="getData( )">
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">getData( )</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">5(Win)</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap class="usage"><p class="literal">getData(<span class="replaceable">dataFormat</span>)</p>
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						<p>Returns a copy of data from the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span>
object. The <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> contents remain intact
for subsequent reading in other script statements.
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<dt><var class="replaceable">dataFormat</var></dt>
<dd>
<p>A string specifying the format for the data to be read. Earlier plans
to allow multiple data types appear to have fallen through. As of IE
6, the only reliable format is <span class="LITERAL">Text</span>.
</p>
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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="returnedvalue"><span class="title">Returned Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			String.</p>
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				<tr><td valign="top" class="name">setData( )</td><td valign="top" nowrap class="compatibility">NN <span class="emphasis">n/a</span> IE <span class="emphasis">5(Win)</span>  DOM <span class="emphasis">n/a</span>&nbsp;&nbsp;</td>
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					<td valign="top" nowrap class="usage"><p class="literal">setData(<span class="replaceable">dataFormat</span>,
<span class="replaceable">stringData</span>)</p>
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						<p>Stores string data in the <span class="literal">clipboardData</span> object.
Returns Boolean <span class="literal">true</span> if the assignment is
successful
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<dt><var class="replaceable">dataFormat</var></dt>
<dd>
<p>A string specifying the format for the data to be read. Earlier plans
to allow multiple data types appear to have fallen through. As of IE
6, the only reliable format is <span class="LITERAL">Text</span>. While the
method accepts <span class="LITERAL">URL</span> as a format, reading a set
value in that format is not successful.
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<dt><var class="replaceable">stringData</var></dt>
<dd>
<p>Any string value, including strings that contain HTML tags.</p>
</dd>

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					<td valign="top" colspan="2" class="returnedvalue"><span class="title">Returned Value</span></td>
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					<td colspan="2"><p>			Boolean value: <span class="literal">true</span> | <span class="literal">false</span>.</p>
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