Copy and paste without using Clipboard Class

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I am developing a winform application using C#. I have menu like Edit -> Copy and Edit -> Paste.

Instead of using

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Clipboard

class to do copying and pasting can I use Operating System's ability to Copy and Paste text, image, link, etc...

Posted 3-Apr-14 4:03am

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2014-04-03T04:20:00

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When you use the Clipboard class, you are using the OS copy and paste capability.
There is one and only one clipboard, and the static nature of every (useful) method that the Clipboard class contains reflects that. It is just an interface class for the OS system.

Posted 3-Apr-14 4:20am

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markand911 3-Apr-14 10:31am

May be yes. Thats why i want to utilize that code instead of writing my code to copy and paste using Clipboard.

For example when we press ctrl+c irrespective of data type OS copies and pastes it.

I want to implement such generic copying and pasting functionality.

If have to write code to do so, it will be a headache.

So i m searching a way to do it as easily as possible.

OriginalGriff 3-Apr-14 10:38am

Um.
No, it doesn't.
The software that receives the "Copy" command decides the type, and sets the Clipboard appropriately. For some controls (such as a TextBox) that is automatic, because it only supports text. For others, it can be a lot more complex, but it has to decide: the OS does not "work it out on the fly".
Think about it: if you set an array of bytes to the clipboard, is that MP3 data? AVI? ZIP? A file? An image? The OS doesn't know - the software that is sourcing the info does.

Guruprasad.K.Basavaraju 12-Apr-14 9:09am

Wish there was a way to up vote this reply. Simple and elegant explanation..