Class ClipboardEx

A class providing additional methods for working with the clipboard.

Inheritance

System.Object

ClipboardEx

Inherited Members

System.Object.ToString()

System.Object.Equals(System.Object)

System.Object.Equals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.ReferenceEquals(System.Object, System.Object)

System.Object.GetHashCode()

System.Object.GetType()

System.Object.MemberwiseClone()

Namespace: Telerik.WinForms.Documents.Base

Assembly: Telerik.WinControls.RichTextEditor.dll

Syntax

public static class ClipboardEx

Properties

ClipboardHandlers

Collection of ClipboardHandlers that will be used when getting rich-text content from the clipboard.

Declaration

public static List<ClipboardHandler> ClipboardHandlers { get; }

Property Value

System.Collections.Generic.List<ClipboardHandler> The clipboard handlers.

Methods

ContainsDocument()

Determines whether the clipboard contains supported rich-text data.

Declaration

public static bool ContainsDocument()

Returns

System.Boolean true if the clipboard contains document; otherwise, false.

ContainsDocument(KeyEventArgs)

Determines whether the clipboard contains supported rich-text data.

Declaration

public static bool ContainsDocument(KeyEventArgs pasteKeyEventArgs)

Parameters

System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs pasteKeyEventArgs The System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs instance containing the event data. The method can be safely invoked with null value for this parameter.

Returns

System.Boolean true if the clipboard contains document; otherwise, false.

ContainsText(KeyEventArgs)

Determines whether the clipboard contains plain text.

Declaration

public static bool ContainsText(KeyEventArgs pasteKeyEventArgs)

Parameters

System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs pasteKeyEventArgs The System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs instance containing the event data. Use null if such is not present./>

Returns

System.Boolean true if the clipboard contains text; otherwise, false.

GetDocument()

Obtains a DocumentFragment from the clipboard using the registered ClipboardHandlers.

Declaration

public static DocumentFragment GetDocument()

Returns

DocumentFragment a DocumentFragment instance representing the document created from the content inside the clipboard. If the operation is not successful, the method returns null.

GetDocument(out Nullable<PasteSource>)

Obtains a DocumentFragment from the clipboard using the registered ClipboardHandlers.

Declaration

public static DocumentFragment GetDocument(out PasteSource? pasteSource)

Parameters

System.Nullable<PasteSource> pasteSource The PasteSource that is resolved during clipboard processing.

Returns

DocumentFragment a DocumentFragment instance representing the document created from the content inside the clipboard. If the operation is not successful, the method returns null.

GetDocumentFromClipboard(String, Func<String, String>)

Gets a DocumentFragment from clipboard using the specified data format.

Declaration

public static DocumentFragment GetDocumentFromClipboard(string dataFormat, Func<string, string> clipboardStringFilter = null)

Parameters

System.String dataFormat The data format. You can use the set of formats provided in the System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats class.

System.Func<System.String, System.String> clipboardStringFilter A function to filter the string inside the clipboard. This function is used when the content needs to be formatted additionally before creating a document from it. HTML content inserted by MS Word can be stripped using StripHtmlClipboardFormatHeaders(String).

Returns

DocumentFragment A DocumentFragment instance representing the content. If the operation did not succeed, the method return null.

GetDocumentFromClipboard(String, out Nullable<PasteSource>, Func<String, String>)

Gets a DocumentFragment from clipboard using the specified data format.

Declaration

public static DocumentFragment GetDocumentFromClipboard(string dataFormat, out PasteSource? pasteSource, Func<string, string> clipboardStringFilter = null)

Parameters

System.String dataFormat The data format. You can use the set of formats provided in the System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats class.

System.Nullable<PasteSource> pasteSource The PasteSource that is resolved during clipboard processing.

System.Func<System.String, System.String> clipboardStringFilter A function to filter the string inside the clipboard. This function is used when the content needs to be formatted additionally before creating a document from it. HTML content inserted by MS Word can be stripped using StripHtmlClipboardFormatHeaders(String).

Returns

DocumentFragment A DocumentFragment instance representing the content. If the operation did not succeed, the method return null.

GetDocumentFromClipboard(String, String, Func<String, String>)

Gets a DocumentFragment from clipboard using the specified data format.

Declaration

public static DocumentFragment GetDocumentFromClipboard(string dataFormat, string formatExtension, Func<string, string> clipboardStringFilter = null)

Parameters

System.String dataFormat The data format. You can use the set of formats provided in the System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats class.

System.String formatExtension This parameter is not used.

System.Func<System.String, System.String> clipboardStringFilter A function to filter the string inside the clipboard. This function is used when the content needs to be formatted additionally before creating a document from it.

Returns

DocumentFragment A DocumentFragment instance representing the content. If the operation did not succeed, the method return null.

GetText()

Gets the clipboard data.

Declaration

public static string GetText()

Returns

System.String The string representing the content or System.String.Empty if there is no text in the clipboard.

GetText(KeyEventArgs)

Gets the clipboard data.

Declaration

public static string GetText(KeyEventArgs e)

Parameters

System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e The System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs instance containing the event data. Use null if such is not present./>

Returns

System.String The string representing the content or System.String.Empty if there is no text in the clipboard.

SetDataObject(IDataObject)

Places a specified data object in the system Clipboard.

Declaration

public static void SetDataObject(IDataObject dataObject)

Parameters

System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject dataObject A data object (an object that implements System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject) to place on the system Clipboard.

SetDocument(DocumentFragment)

Sets a document represented by a DocumentFragment instance to the system clipboard.

Declaration

public static void SetDocument(DocumentFragment documentFragment)

Parameters

DocumentFragment documentFragment The document fragment.

SetDocument(DocumentFragment, IDataObject)

Sets a document represented by a DocumentFragment instance to the specified data object.

Declaration

public static void SetDocument(DocumentFragment documentFragment, IDataObject dataObject)

Parameters

DocumentFragment documentFragment The document fragment.

System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject dataObject The object the document fragment should be inserted into.

SetText(String)

Stores data, specified as a string, in the system clipboard.

Declaration

public static void SetText(string textData)

Parameters

System.String textData The text data.

SetText(String, DataObject)

Stores data, specified as a string, in the specified data object.

Declaration

public static void SetText(string textData, DataObject dataObject)

Parameters

System.String textData The string representing the text data.

System.Windows.Forms.DataObject dataObject The data object.

SetText(KeyEventArgs, String)

Stores data, specified as a string, in the system clipboard.

Declaration

public static void SetText(KeyEventArgs e, string textData)

Parameters

System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e The System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs instance containing the event data. The method can be safely invoked with null value for this parameter.

System.String textData The text data.

SetText(KeyEventArgs, String, DataObject)

Stores data, specified as a string, in the specified data object.

Declaration

public static void SetText(KeyEventArgs e, string textData, DataObject dataObject)

Parameters

System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs e The System.Windows.Forms.KeyEventArgs instance containing the event data. The method can be safely invoked with null value for this parameter.

System.String textData The string representing the text data.

System.Windows.Forms.DataObject dataObject The data object.

StripHtmlClipboardFormatHeaders(String)

Strips the clipboard format headers from the HTML content inserted in the clipboard by MS Word. Skips all lines in the beginning containing ':'.

Declaration

public static string StripHtmlClipboardFormatHeaders(string clipboardText)

Parameters

System.String clipboardText The clipboard text.

Returns

System.String The stripped HTML string.