Simple Clipboard : Clipboard « GUI Windows Forms « C# / CSharp Tutorial

1. C# / CSharp Tutorial
2. GUI Windows Forms
3. Clipboard

using System;
using System.Drawing;
using System.Collections;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using System.Data;

  public class ClipboardTestForm : System.Windows.Forms.Form
  {
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdString2Clipboard;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdImage2Clipboard;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdGetAsString;
    private System.Windows.Forms.Button cmdGetImage;
    public ClipboardTestForm()
    {
      this.cmdString2Clipboard = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.cmdGetAsString = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.cmdGetImage = new System.Windows.Forms.Button();
      this.SuspendLayout();
      // 
      // cmdString2Clipboard
      // 
      this.cmdString2Clipboard.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 16);
      this.cmdString2Clipboard.Name = "cmdString2Clipboard";
      this.cmdString2Clipboard.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(136, 23);
      this.cmdString2Clipboard.TabIndex = 0;
      this.cmdString2Clipboard.Text = "put string in clipboard";
      this.cmdString2Clipboard.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdString2Clipboard_Click);
      // 
      // cmdImage2Clipboard
      // 
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(8, 48);
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard.Name = "cmdImage2Clipboard";
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(136, 23);
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard.TabIndex = 1;
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard.Text = "put image in clipboard";
      this.cmdImage2Clipboard.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdImage2Clipboard_Click);
      // 
      // cmdGetAsString
      // 
      this.cmdGetAsString.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(176, 16);
      this.cmdGetAsString.Name = "cmdGetAsString";
      this.cmdGetAsString.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(136, 23);
      this.cmdGetAsString.TabIndex = 2;
      this.cmdGetAsString.Text = "get as string";
      this.cmdGetAsString.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdGetAsString_Click);
      // 
      // cmdGetImage
      // 
      this.cmdGetImage.Location = new System.Drawing.Point(176, 48);
      this.cmdGetImage.Name = "cmdGetImage";
      this.cmdGetImage.Size = new System.Drawing.Size(136, 23);
      this.cmdGetImage.TabIndex = 3;
      this.cmdGetImage.Text = "get image";
      this.cmdGetImage.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.cmdGetImage_Click);
      // 
      // ClipboardTestForm
      // 
      this.AutoScaleBaseSize = new System.Drawing.Size(5, 13);
      this.ClientSize = new System.Drawing.Size(320, 149);
      this.Controls.AddRange(new System.Windows.Forms.Control[] {
                                      this.cmdGetImage,
                                      this.cmdGetAsString,
                                      this.cmdImage2Clipboard,
                                      this.cmdString2Clipboard});
      this.Name = "ClipboardTestForm";
      this.Text = "Clipboard Test";
      this.ResumeLayout(false);

    }
    static void Main() 
    {
      Application.Run(new ClipboardTestForm());
    }

    private void cmdString2Clipboard_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      string strText = "Hello World";
      Clipboard.SetDataObject(strText, true);
    }

    private void cmdImage2Clipboard_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      Bitmap bmp2Clipboard = new Bitmap("pinz.jpg");
      Clipboard.SetDataObject(bmp2Clipboard, true);
    }

    private void cmdGetAsString_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      IDataObject data = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
      if (data.GetDataPresent(typeof(string)))
      {
        string strData = (string)data.GetData(typeof(string));
        MessageBox.Show(strData);
      }
      else
      {
        MessageBox.Show("Data not retrievable as string");
      }
    }

    private void cmdGetImage_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
    {
      IDataObject data = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
      if (data.GetDataPresent(typeof(Bitmap)))
      {
        Bitmap bmp = (Bitmap)data.GetData(typeof(Bitmap));
        bmp.Save(@"c:\cliptest.bmp");
        MessageBox.Show("Saved to c:\\cliptest.bmp");
      }
      else
      {
        MessageBox.Show("Data not retrievable as bitmap");
      }
    }
  }