Clipboard.GetImage Method

Definition

Namespace:

System.Windows

Assembly:

PresentationCore.dll

Returns a BitmapSource object from the Clipboard that contains data in the Bitmap format.

public:
 static System::Windows::Media::Imaging::BitmapSource ^ GetImage();

public static System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapSource GetImage ();

static member GetImage : unit -> System.Windows.Media.Imaging.BitmapSource

Public Shared Function GetImage () As BitmapSource

Returns

BitmapSource

A BitmapSource object that contains data in the Bitmap format, or null if the data is unavailable in this format.

Remarks

This method returns a BitmapSource object, either when data is available natively or when data can be auto-converted to the Bitmap data format.

A bitmap represents a computer graphic as an array of bits in memory, and these bits represent the attributes of the individual pixels in an image.

See also

• GetAudioStream()
• GetDataObject()
• GetData(String)
• GetFileDropList()
• GetText
• ContainsImage()
• SetImage(BitmapSource)
• DataFormats