Hi,

No matter what I have in clipboard Clipboard.GetDataObject(); returns null.
I suspect it might be a problem with Vista or VS2008 IDE debug mode problem?

Is there any way to track why the following statement is always null?

IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

Thank you,
Max

Hi Max,

Where do you run this code snippet? Have you tried to run your application
as elevated in Vista? I suspect this issue is caused by the security
enhancement of Vista.

Can you provide detailed steps for me to reproduce it locally? Thanks.

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Hi Jeffry,

Here is the steps to reproduce the problem:

1) use visual studio 2008 team system on windows vista sp1
2) Run the following code:

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Windows.Forms;

namespace AdjustClipboard
{
class Program
{
static void Main(string[] args)
{
IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();

string s = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
}
}
}


3) you will get null exception!



Thank you for help,
Max



""Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]"" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Max,
>
> Where do you run this code snippet? Have you tried to run your application
> as elevated in Vista? I suspect this issue is caused by the security
> enhancement of Vista.
>
> Can you provide detailed steps for me to reproduce it locally? Thanks.
>
> Best regards,
> Jeffrey Tan
> Microsoft Online Community Support
>
> Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
> suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you. Please
> feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
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The documentation on MSDN says you need the [STAThreadAttribute()] on main
to use the call to GetDataObject(). With that change, your code worked fine
for me on Vista (Home Edition).


"Max2006" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
newsF9CE386-FF3D-4820-95FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Jeffry,
>
> Here is the steps to reproduce the problem:
>
> 1) use visual studio 2008 team system on windows vista sp1
> 2) Run the following code:
>
> using System;
> using System.Collections.Generic;
> using System.Linq;
> using System.Text;
> using System.Windows.Forms;
>
> namespace AdjustClipboard
> {
> class Program
> {
> static void Main(string[] args)
> {
> IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
>
> string s = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
> }
> }
> }
>
>
> 3) you will get null exception!
>
>
>
> Thank you for help,
> Max
>
>
>
> ""Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]"" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi Max,
>>
>> Where do you run this code snippet? Have you tried to run your
>> application
>> as elevated in Vista? I suspect this issue is caused by the security
>> enhancement of Vista.
>>
>> Can you provide detailed steps for me to reproduce it locally? Thanks.
>>
>> Best regards,
>> Jeffrey Tan
>> Microsoft Online Community Support
>>
>> Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments and
>> suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you.
>> Please
>> feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
>> provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
>> (E-Mail Removed).
>>
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Hi Max,

Thanks for your feedback, yes, I can reproduce this behavior.

I think "Family Tree Mike" has kindly pointed out the root cause. We need
STAThreadAttribute[] on the Main method, or an exception will throw. This
requirement is documented in the MSDN link below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...lipboard.getda
taobject.aspx

Once you added STAThreadAttribute, it should work well. I tested this on my
Vista Enterprise SP1 machine, it works well. Below is the test code:

[STAThread]
static void Main()
{
IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
string s = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
MessageBox.Show(s);
}
Hope this helps.

Best regards,
Jeffrey Tan
Microsoft Online Community Support
=========================================
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WOW, That was a neat point. Thank you very much for help

"Family Tree Mike" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:93570042-31B9-4CB9-A7FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
> The documentation on MSDN says you need the [STAThreadAttribute()] on main
> to use the call to GetDataObject(). With that change, your code worked
> fine for me on Vista (Home Edition).
>
>
> "Max2006" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> newsF9CE386-FF3D-4820-95FC-(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Hi Jeffry,
>>
>> Here is the steps to reproduce the problem:
>>
>> 1) use visual studio 2008 team system on windows vista sp1
>> 2) Run the following code:
>>
>> using System;
>> using System.Collections.Generic;
>> using System.Linq;
>> using System.Text;
>> using System.Windows.Forms;
>>
>> namespace AdjustClipboard
>> {
>> class Program
>> {
>> static void Main(string[] args)
>> {
>> IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
>>
>> string s = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
>> }
>> }
>> }
>>
>>
>> 3) you will get null exception!
>>
>>
>>
>> Thank you for help,
>> Max
>>
>>
>>
>> ""Jeffrey Tan[MSFT]"" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>>> Hi Max,
>>>
>>> Where do you run this code snippet? Have you tried to run your
>>> application
>>> as elevated in Vista? I suspect this issue is caused by the security
>>> enhancement of Vista.
>>>
>>> Can you provide detailed steps for me to reproduce it locally? Thanks.
>>>
>>> Best regards,
>>> Jeffrey Tan
>>> Microsoft Online Community Support
>>>
>>> Delighting our customers is our #1 priority. We welcome your comments
>>> and
>>> suggestions about how we can improve the support we provide to you.
>>> Please
>>> feel free to let my manager know what you think of the level of service
>>> provided. You can send feedback directly to my manager at:
>>> (E-Mail Removed).
>>>
>>> ==================================================
>>> Get notification to my posts through email? Please refer to
>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscripti...ult.aspx#notif
>>> ications.
>>>
>>> Note: The MSDN Managed Newsgroup support offering is for non-urgent
>>> issues
>>> where an initial response from the community or a Microsoft Support
>>> Engineer within 1 business day is acceptable. Please note that each
>>> follow
>>> up response may take approximately 2 business days as the support
>>> professional working with you may need further investigation to reach
>>> the
>>> most efficient resolution. The offering is not appropriate for
>>> situations
>>> that require urgent, real-time or phone-based interactions or complex
>>> project analysis and dump analysis issues. Issues of this nature are
>>> best
>>> handled working with a dedicated Microsoft Support Engineer by
>>> contacting
>>> Microsoft Customer Support Services (CSS) at
>>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/subscripti...t/default.aspx.
>>> ==================================================
>>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>>> rights.
>>>
>