using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Web;
using System.Web.UI;
using System.Web.UI.WebControls;
using System.Windows.Forms; // step 1
namespace School.Admin
{
public partial class Test : System.Web.UI.Page
{
protected void Page_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
}
[STAThreadAttribute] // step 2
protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Clipboard.SetText("Why it did not copy the words"); //step 3
}
}
}
the erorr is:
The current thread must be set to Single Thread Apartment (STA) mode before OLE calls can be made. Make sure the Main function is checked
you should use a piece of js
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">
<head runat="server">
<title>Copy to Clipboard</title>
<script type="text/javascript">
function CopyToClipboard(myID)
{
var copyText = document.getElementById(myID);
/* Select the text field */
copyText.select();
copyText.setSelectionRange(0, 99999); /* For mobile devices */
/* Copy the text inside the text field */
document.execCommand("copy");
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<form id="form1" runat="server">
<div>
<asp:TextBox ID="TextBox1" runat="server"></asp:TextBox>
<asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Copy Text Box Text to Clip board" OnClientClick="CopyToClipboard('TextBox1')" />
</div>
</form>
</body>
</html>