These samples show handling the clipboard in the most basic way. First a test is done to see if there currently is text on the clipboard. If a text is found, the programm proceeds to read and display the text, and then replace it with a new text. By modifieing the parameters you can use the same technique to handle other formats such as images or audio and video fragments.
VB.NET Implementation
Imports System.Windows.forms
Module Module1
Sub Main()
If Clipboard.ContainsText = True Then
' --- Get the current text from the clipboard
Dim sClipboard As String = Clipboard.GetText
Console.WriteLine("The text on the clipboard was: " & sClipboard)
' //
' --- Set a new text on the clipboard
Dim sNewValue As String = "This is now on the clipboard"
Clipboard.SetText(sClipboard)
Console.WriteLine("The new value is : " & Clipboard.GetText)
' //
Else
Console.WriteLine("Sorry, the clipboard does not contain a text, the demo failed")
End If
End Sub
End Module
C# Implementation
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms; // dont forget to add this one
namespace ConsoleApplication2
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
if (Clipboard.ContainsText() == true)
{
// Get and display the current clipboard text
string sCurrent = Clipboard.GetText();
Console.WriteLine("The text on the clipboard was: " + sCurrent);
// Set a new value onto the clipboard, and display it to the user
string sNew = "This is now on the clipboard";
Clipboard.SetText(sNew);
Console.WriteLine("The new value on the clipboard is: " + Clipboard.GetText());
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Sorry, the clipboard does not contain a text, the demo failed");
}
}
}
}