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Clipboard.GetContent | getContent method

Gets the current content that is stored in the clipboard object.

Syntax


public:
static DataPackageView^ GetContent()

Parameters

This method has no parameters.

Return value

Type: DataPackageView

Contains the content of the Clipboard.

Remarks

If the GetContent call is successful, you can use the DataPackageView it returns to get information such as the file types it supports and any properties that the source app assigned through the DataPackagePropertySet class.

Examples

JavaScript


var dataPackageView = Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.Clipboard.getContent();
if (dataPackageView.contains(Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer.StandardDataFormats.text)) {
    dataPackageView.getTextAsync().then(function (text) {
        // To output the text from this example, you need an HTML element
        // with an id of "output".
        document.getElementById("output").innerText = "Clipboard now contains: " + text;
    });
}

Requirements

Minimum supported client	Windows 8
Minimum supported server	Windows Server 2012
Namespace	Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer Windows::ApplicationModel::DataTransfer [C++]
Metadata	Windows.winmd