How do I get access to the Microsoft office clipboard?

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Hi,

I did some research about Microsoft office clipboard and I couldn't find any API to access and read the office clipboard content. I know that I can read copied content from the system clipboard. But in my case I want to compare MS office clipboard content with the clipboard data I have. Is there any way? even using Windows API?

Thanks in advanced!

What I have tried:

I able to implement a clipboard history application by using the system clipboard.

Posted 30-May-18 21:54pm

Dilan Shaminda

Updated 30-May-18 23:07pm

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CHill60 31-May-18 5:11am

As far as I know the office clipboard is not exposed via any API. Using the system clipboard is probably your solution - have you seen this article by the way C# Tip: Monitoring Clipboard Activity in C# - Developer.com[^]

Dilan Shaminda 31-May-18 5:23am

I have seen this and I also able to use this example and implement it. I was thinking to get access to MS clipboard in order to check what content is in the MS clipboard and compare it with my clipboard history..Seems like it is not possible. Btw I have seen this http://www.benf.org/excel/officeclip/ it uses MSO.dll to access the MS clipboard content. Is it a good approach?

CHill60 31-May-18 5:34am

The author themselves says things like " It may be mildly inaccurate, it may be wildly wrong, but it fits empirically. ", "not sure", and "I make no guarantees as to the efficacy of this code. Use at your own risk.". So it depends on how risk-averse you are. If this is a personal project then fine, for commercial/business use though I always advise keeping clear of undocumented or "bypass" solutions.

Dilan Shaminda 31-May-18 5:41am

Thank you for the information :-) This is for my research project and they want to use it in future if I able to develop it. So it is not a good way. Thank you again

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Richard MacCutchan · Answer 1 · 2018-05-30T23:08:00

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How to use MS-Word clipborad instead of Windows clipboard in C#[^]

Posted 30-May-18 23:08pm

Richard MacCutchan

Updated 30-May-18 23:11pm

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CHill60 31-May-18 5:10am

AFAIK the Office clipboard is not exposed via any API - I couldn't see anything on that link to say otherwise or am I missing something?

Richard MacCutchan 31-May-18 5:13am

Yes, I looked further, and have updated the link.