Pasting text into an applet window?

[ernest perez]

Got a Windows question, just trolling for "experts" who might happen to know....

Here at the Oregon State Library, we are using Netscape Compass as a hierarchy/spider-index site builder. One option is that we can define search queries to use for automatic categorization during spidering.

The autoclassification definition or input screen uses a Java applet. We CAN'T use copy&paste from a regular Netscape or Windows screen, to carry over complicated search query statements; there is no CTRL-P paste in the Java applet. Or rather, pasting is dysfunctional while entering into the applet window.

Do you have any advice on how one might copy&paste into an applet? Retyping can get pretty tedious and is prone to error, if it's a complex query. It would be quite helpful if we could do so.

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

Cheers,
-ernest
Ernest Perez, Ph.D.//Oregon State Library
//perez at opac.state.or.us//503-378-4243, xt 257
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