No, the clipboard supports multiple formats to represent the same data and applications are supposed to issue as many formats as they can. Among other formats, Excel produces HTML format on the clipboard, and it should be possible to paste that. I don't want to use Excel format, because I'm only interested in the text organised in table format and the application should also be able to handle data from other sources (a table in Word, from a website, etc).
Now the problem is not so much due to the fact I'm getting the HTML from the clipboard. The fact is, that the data I retrieve from the clipboard IS VALID HTML. If I write it to a file first and then navigate the browser to that file, it's displayed as expected. However, if I use the IPersistStreamInit interface to load the data, as described at the MSDN site, it does not display well. So this seems to be an internal browser problem. What I'm looking for, is a workaround for this, or another way to directly load HTML text into the browser, because I don't want to use temporary file - unless I've got no choice, of course. Peter Laman Senior Software Engineer Lance ICT Group Roermond, the Netherlands http://www.lance-safety.com - "Nobody ever died of hard work", they say. But why take the risk? (Ronald Reagan) -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eddie Shipman Sent: dinsdag 23 mei 2006 05:10 To: Delphi-Talk Discussion List Subject: RE: Pasting HTML But to paste Excel, you must change the format to Excel, not HTML, isn't that what your webbrowser is expecting? --- Peter Laman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do you mean exactly? I just do a RegisterClipboardFormat('HTML Format') > to obtain a proper format ID and then parse the HTML content that's on the > clipboard. > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Eddie Shipman > are you changing your Clipboard Format to Excel before the paste operation? > > --- Peter Laman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > But, if a copy an entire Excel worksheet to the clipboard and then paste > it, > > the webbrowser shows the HTML text in stead of the document. The problem > is > > not with the HTML code itself, because if I write the code to a file first > > and then navigate to it, it works. > > > > __________________________________________________ > Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org > http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
