Function Base64Encode(sText) Dim oXML, oNode Set oXML = CreateObject("Msxml2.DOMDocument.3.0") Set oNode = oXML.CreateElement("base64") oNode.dataType = "bin.base64" oNode.nodeTypedValue =Stream_StringToBinary(sText) Base64Encode = oNode.text Set oNode = Nothing Set oXML = Nothing End Function 'Stream_StringToBinary Function '2003 Antonin Foller, http://www.motobit.com 'Text - string parameter To convert To binary data Function Stream_StringToBinary(Text) Const adTypeText = 2 Const adTypeBinary = 1 'Create Stream object Dim BinaryStream 'As New Stream Set BinaryStream = CreateObject("ADODB.Stream") 'Specify stream type - we want To save text/string data. BinaryStream.Type = adTypeText 'Specify charset For the source text (unicode) data. BinaryStream.CharSet = "utf-8" 'Open the stream And write text/string data To the object BinaryStream.Open BinaryStream.WriteText Text 'Change stream type To binary BinaryStream.Position = 0 BinaryStream.Type = adTypeBinary 'Ignore first two bytes - sign of BinaryStream.Position = 0 'Open the stream And get binary data from the object Stream_StringToBinary = BinaryStream.Read Set BinaryStream = Nothing End Function Dim objHTML Set objHTML = CreateObject("htmlfile") text = objHTML.ParentWindow.ClipboardData.GetData("Text") Wscript.Echo Base64Encode(text)