Moving something from the clipboard using pinvoke method

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I want to call a method from an imported dll(not sure which one :P) that will paste what ever is in the clipboard. Basically, what gets called by the OS when someone presses Ctrl + V? I need that method exposed to my program!

Posted 9-Jun-11 22:37pm

DominicZA

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[no name] 10-Jun-11 4:56am

What have you tried for this? where you are struck up?

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OriginalGriff · Answer 1 · 2011-06-09T23:01:00

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Why? You could just use the Clipboard class[^], couldn't you?

Posted 9-Jun-11 23:01pm

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DominicZA 10-Jun-11 5:44am

Ok, Im making an app that "extends" the clipboard! It runs in the background! When the person presses Ctrl+1 for example, it will paste what ever I put in there! I cant use send keys to press "^v" because that still sends through the ctrl then stuff gets messed up!

OriginalGriff 10-Jun-11 5:59am

That's different - and may not be possible in C#. You neither to either introduce a global hook on the keyboard or the GetClipboardData function - probably the later because paste can be initiated from the mouse as well as the keyboard. I don't think it will be too easy. You may find this useful, but I've never tried it (and am not responsible if your PC goes tits-up): http://research.microsoft.com/en-us/projects/detours/

Good luck!