| Get ClipBoard Text with .NET (C#) |
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This helper-class can be used to get the text in the ClipBoard. It return an empty string if no text can be found.
using System;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace System
{
public class ClipBoardHelper
{
/// <summary>
/// Get Text in ClipBoard
/// </summary>
/// <returns>text in ClipBoard,
/// empty String if no text is in it</returns>
/// <example>
/// string text = ClipBoardHelper.GetText();
/// </example>
public static string GetText()
{
IDataObject dataObj = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
if( !dataObj.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text) )
return "";
return dataObj.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
}
}
}