Microsoft internet explorer

by dansuleman Feb 6, 2006 2:08AM PST

There is this website with a whole load of information I am interested in. It's quite a lot of information and I would like to be able to copy and edit it in my own words into something smaller for my personal use. The problem is that it has been encoded in such a way that one can not copy it i.e when you right click on the web page, it comes up with message "This function is disabled".

Is there a way around this, a way I could be able to copy and edit the contents?

Thanx.

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So, you don't use the keyboard?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 6, 2006 2:15AM PST

I wonder if we forget the old control-C (copy) and Control-V keyboard methods?

It's a sure sign that many have been programmed to never let go of the mouse...

Bob

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Just tried it, din't work

by dansuleman Feb 6, 2006 2:52AM PST

Sorry Bob,

just tried your suggestion, it did not work.

Dan.

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Give me a U R L?

by r. proffitt Forum moderator Feb 6, 2006 3:07AM PST

We'll always have view page source as well.

The control-c copies what you selected with Control+A or the mouse.

Bob

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I have noticed

by PudgyOne Feb 6, 2006 10:17PM PST

I have noticed that if you use Mozilla Firefox, instead of Internet Explorer, you can copy and paste these things. I think it's because of the No Script extention I use.

Did you try highlighting the text you want, then go to the top of the page and click on edit the click on copy and paste it where you want it?

Hope this helps.

Rick

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Re: copy contents

by Kees Bakker Feb 8, 2006 4:18AM PST

Rick (Pudgyone) points to a piece of javascript being the culprit. Could well be.

So: clear TIF, open the site, close. See if any html-file is in the TIF and open it with Notepad. I don't think javascripts will disable the saving of the source in TIF, and there's a good chance the info you're looking for is there in full sight.

But you can also try to disable Active Scripting for this page (i.e. whole zone) as shown in http://netsecurity.about.com/cs/tutorials/ht/ht032203.htm
The javascript won't be executed then. But it's quite possible the page is programmed to be rather inoperative then.

Tell your experiences and don't forget to share the URL, as asked by Bob.

Kees

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