How to: Retrieve Text from the Clipboard (C++/CLI)
The following code example uses the GetDataObject member function to return a pointer to the IDataObject interface. This interface can then be queried for the format of the data and used to retrieve the actual data.
Example
// read_clipboard.cpp
// compile with: /clr
#using <system.dll>
#using <system.Drawing.dll>
#using <system.windows.forms.dll>
using namespace System;
using namespace System::Windows::Forms;
[STAThread] int main( )
{
IDataObject^ data = Clipboard::GetDataObject( );
if (data)
{
if (data->GetDataPresent(DataFormats::Text))
{
String^ text = static_cast<String^>
(data->GetData(DataFormats::Text));
Console::WriteLine(text);
}
else
Console::WriteLine("Nontext data is in the Clipboard.");
}
else
{
Console::WriteLine("No data was found in the Clipboard.");
}
return 0;
}