Clipboard.GetText Method ()
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in system.windows.forms.dll)
| Exception type | Condition |
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| The Clipboard could not be cleared. This typically occurs when the Clipboard is being used by another process. | |
| The current thread is not in single-threaded apartment (STA) mode. Add the STAThreadAttribute to your application's Main method. |
This method returns text data in the UnicodeText format on Windows XP Home Edition, Windows XP Professional, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000. Otherwise, this method returns text data in the Text format.
Use the ContainsText method to determine whether the Clipboard contains text data before retrieving it with this method.
Use the SetText method to add text data to the Clipboard.
 Note |
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| The Clipboard class can only be used in threads set to single thread apartment (STA) mode. To use this class, ensure that your Main method is marked with the STAThreadAttribute attribute. |
The following example demonstrates an overload of the GetText method that is similar to this overload.
// Demonstrates SetText, ContainsText, and GetText. public String SwapClipboardHtmlText(String replacementHtmlText) { String returnHtmlText = null; if (Clipboard.ContainsText(TextDataFormat.Html)) { returnHtmlText = Clipboard.GetText(TextDataFormat.Html); Clipboard.SetText(replacementHtmlText, TextDataFormat.Html); } return returnHtmlText; }
- UIPermission for access to the system Clipboard. Associated enumeration: UIPermissionClipboard.AllClipboard
Windows 98, Windows 2000 SP4, Windows CE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows Mobile for Pocket PC, Windows Mobile for Smartphone, Windows Server 2003, Windows XP Media Center Edition, Windows XP Professional x64 Edition, Windows XP SP2, Windows XP Starter Edition
The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see System Requirements.
