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Copy from Remote Desktop
Last Updated December 16, 2024

This section presents sample Javascript code to implement copy-paste from a remote virtual machine to the local client console.
Prerequisite
: Enable clipboard copy from the remote to local client.
After copy from the remote desktop, clipboard data becomes available after the mouse cursor is no longer focused on the remote desktop.
To implement remote copy, add this Javascript code as a script to existing HTML console code:
<script>
   $(function() {
      var container = $("#container");
      var wmks = WMKS.createWMKS("container", {});
      wmks.register(WMKS.CONST.Events.CONNECTION_STATE_CHANGE, function(evt, data) {
         switch (data.state) {
            case WMKS.CONST.ConnectionState.CONNECTING:
               console.log("The console is connecting");
               break;
            case WMKS.CONST.ConnectionState.CONNECTED:
               console.log("The console has been connected");
               // need to send grab first, bind on the canvas element
               $("#mainCanvas").focus(function() {
                  wmks.grab();
               });
               $("#mainCanvas").blur(function() {
                  wmks.ungrab();
               });
               break;
            case WMKS.CONST.ConnectionState.DISCONNECTED:
               console.log("The console has been disconnected");
               break;
         }
      });
      wmks.register(WMKS.CONST.Events.ERROR, function(evt, data) {
         console.log("Error: " + data.errorType);
      });
      wmks.register(WMKS.CONST.Events.COPY, function(evt, data) {
         // here is the remote clipboard data:
         console.log(evt, data);
      });
      wmks.connect("wss://testurl");
   });
</script>
Make sure the remote desktop has already enabled clipboard feature. Before ungrab, a grab event is necessary. You can get remote clipboard data from the server after sending ungrab.

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