Clipboard question!

[Lee]

Hi,

How do i check to see if the clipboard is empty?

thanks in advance
lee

 

[Guest]

You cant check for completely empty in one call. You need to know what type
of data you are looking for. You can then call
Clipboard.ContainsData
and use the DataFormats object to get the appropriate parameter for the
function
e.g to check is there is a .net string on there:
Clipboard.ContainsData(DataFormats.StringFormat);

HTH

Ciaran O'Donnell

 

[Tom Porterfield]

Hi,

How do i check to see if the clipboard is empty?

thanks in advance
lee

IDataObject data = System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetDataObject();
if (data == null)
// clipboard is empty
else
// clipboard has data

 

[Guest]

Oh yes, I hadn't noticed that about it before. I have always looked for the
dataformat I was expecting.

Ciaran O'Donnell