Pasting a Screen shot into a text area on a web page

Question

Is it possible to take a screen shot (using the Print Screen) and paste it from the System Clipboard directly into a web pages text area field (which I would create)? Do I need a browser plug-in? Can Flash do this?

**The solution only has to work in Internet Explorer.

Answer 1

This is not possible without a plugin.

It's not possible in Flash or Silverlight either, although it is possible in AIR.

Answer 2

I think you will have to write a custom ActiveX Control in order to do this. The control should automatically take a screenshot and send captured image to server-side code.. There is one more option - create a java applet, which will do the job, and also will help you to avoid cross browser issue.