How to copy Images and text from Application C# to Microsoft office

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I have problem when work with clipboard in C# and i search over time in internet but
I cant find everything for my problems! Please help me.

I need copy both of image and text to Clipboard so I use:

C#

//gdiBitmap is BitmapSource:
DataObject dataObj = new DataObject(); 
dataObj.SetData(DataFormats.Bitmap, gdiBitmap); 
dataObj.SetData(DataFormats.Text, " Text Copy Image To Clipboard");
Clipboard.SetDataObject(dataObj, true);

but I cant pastes the content in clipboard to Microsoft Word or Excel.
It is Only pastes the text "Text Copy Image To Clipboard" and my image is nothing.

but if i only copy one Image or text it's ok!

Thanks for Help!

Posted 10-Jan-12 21:00pm

quy_sau000

Updated 10-Jan-12 21:12pm

Mehdi Gholam

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incaunu · Accepted Answer · 2012-01-10T22:41:00

Solution 1

Hi,

Try to copy something from word, and then run this code in a C# project:

C#

object rtfData = Clipboard.GetData(DataFormats.Rtf);
Clipboard.SetData(DataFormats.Rtf, rtfData);

You will see that Word puts data in Clipboard in RTF format.

In order for you to make the same thing, you must put into clipboard RTF data format.

In your example if you paste in word, it will copy the text from Clipboard, and if you paste in Paint it will copy the Image.

Every external program parse the data from Clipboard in his own way.

Hope this helps.

Posted 10-Jan-12 22:41pm

incaunu

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quy_sau000 11-Jan-12 18:12pm

Thanks Incaunu! I think it's good solves for my problem. I will try!

quy_sau000 12-Jan-12 2:19am

Hi ALL!
I have solved my problem copy Image and text from Application C# to Word!(Thanks incaunu ^^. I used RTF format to do that) But it's not work with Excell,Paint,notepad...(so sad)
And I have tried copy from Microsoft word and pastes to Excell, paint,notepad...Amazing it's good.
So I don't know Achitecture or structure of Clipboard Microsoft Office, how it can do that. Anybody can Answer for me.

Thanks for help.

Member 11064511 22-Sep-14 23:49pm

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