ClipBoard is not ''detecting'' my copied text

Question

Hello ù|ù

I am actually trying to get the copied text which is in the clipboard...

I'm using 

Dim cbtxt As String = My.Computer.Clipboard.GetText
MsgBox(cbtxt)

And the messagebox is always returning blank...

Any help would be "sympatic" D:

y0ga

Answer 1

You need to test the clipboard first and determine what type of data it contains.  According to these results the clipboard does not contain any text.

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Answer 2

Thank you for your reply ^^

I tried but it seems that it is even not recognizing the clipboard content becaus no msgbox is show

If Clipboard.ContainsText Then
Dim cbtxt As String = Clipboard.GetText
MsgBox(cbtxt)
End If

But it is conaining something !

Answer 3

But it is conaining something !

But that something is not plain text.  What are you copying from?

You can use the overload that takes a TextDataFormat value if you need to specify that the text is RichText or CSV or HTML or Unicode.  If the clipboard data is not plain text then you can use the GetDataObject method to try to determine what is on the clipboard and convert it to some textual representation if possible.

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Reed Kimble - "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all"

Answer 4

I am copying the text from Ctrl/C shortcut... How should I use GetDataObject ?

Thank you a lot

Answer 5

I am copying the text from Ctrl/C shortcut... 

What program are you copying from?  Where are you selecting the text and then pressing ctrl+c?  We are trying to determine what you are putting on the clipboard since it does not appear to be just text.

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Reed Kimble - "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all"

Answer 6

From Notepad, selecting some text and pressing ctrl+c 

Thanks again

Answer 7

Hello,

Best to try the following rather than using My namespace method.

Dim iData As IDataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject()
If iData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text) Then
    MessageBox.Show(CType(iData.GetData(DataFormats.Text), String))
Else
    MessageBox.Show("Data in the clipboard is not availble as plain text")
End If

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Answer 8

From Notepad, selecting some text and pressing ctrl+c 

Thanks again

Have you tried the Unicode format option?  Maybe this is something to do with non-English language?  

Clipboard.GetText(TextDataFormat.UnicodeText)

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Reed Kimble - "When you do things right, people won't be sure you've done anything at all"

Answer 9

What happens if you manually paste the copied text into a TextBox for example (Control - V)? Does text get pasted?

Here's a link to the Clipboard Class which may be of assistance for checking the clipboard prior to getting text from it.

And here's a link for auto detect clipboard additions which will tell what is in the clipboard since all possibilities are listed pasting an image from clipboard into a picturebox from bitmap to wavaudio.

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