Re: w32-get-clipboard-data

[Stephen Coda]

On Friday, 4 September 2015 10:12:25 UTC+1, Eli Zaretskii  wrote:
> > Date: Fri, 4 Sep 2015 01:58:29 -0700 (PDT)
> > From: Stephen Coda <stephencoda@googlemail.com>
> > 
> > On Thursday, 3 September 2015 15:38:38 UTC+1, Eli Zaretskii  wrote:
> > > > Date: Thu, 3 Sep 2015 02:07:39 -0700 (PDT)
> > > > From: Stephen Coda <stephencoda@googlemail.com>
> > > > 
> > > > It also looks as if I can paste when Chrome is not open.
> > > 
> > > I think that's the reason for the problem, right there.  I'm guessing
> > > Chrome has some paste-blocking feature or some clipboard-related
> > > feature which you need to customize or even turn off.  (Sorry, I don't
> > > use Chrome, so I cannot give you more details.)
> > 
> > It required adding emacs.exe to a list of things that were allowed to use 
> > the clipboard while chrome was open. Since chrome is a connection to the 
> > internet and cutting and pasting from that place constitutes a potential 
> > security risk. I think that's the reason, our sys admin sorted the setting  
> > for me. 
> 
> Thanks for letting us know.  Is it possible for you to tell more
> details about how to add Emacs to that list?  I'd like to put the
> problem and the solution into Emacs's PROBLEMS file.

Yes no problem,
I think our admin had to do this for the emacs.exe:
" Simply open SecureAnywhere>click Identity & Privacy>click View/Edit Protected 
Applications>find your application and set it to Allow. "

Kind regards,
Steve