function copyToClipboard(s)
{
if( window.clipboardData && clipboardData.setData )
{
clipboardData.setData("Text", s);
}
else
{
// This is importent but it's not noted anywhere
netscape.security.PrivilegeManager.enablePrivilege('UniversalXPConnect');

// create interface to the clipboard
var clip = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/widget/clipboard;[[[[1]]]]'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIClipboard);
if (!clip) return;

// create a transferable
var trans = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/widget/transferable;[[[[1]]]]'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsITransferable);
if (!trans) return;

// specify the data we wish to handle. Plaintext in this case.
trans.addDataFlavor('text/unicode');

// To get the data from the transferable we need two new objects
var str = new Object();
var len = new Object();

var str = Components.classes["@mozilla.org/supports-string;[[[[1]]]]"].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsISupportsString);

var copytext=meintext;

str.data=copytext;

trans.setTransferData("text/unicode",str,copytext.length*[[[[2]]]]);

var clipid=Components.interfaces.nsIClipboard;

if (!clip) return false;

clip.setData(trans,null,clipid.kGlobalClipboard);

}
}