System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.ContainsText Method

Indicates whether there is data on the Clipboard in the TextDataFormat.Text or TextDataFormat.UnicodeText format, depending on the operating system.

Syntax

public static bool ContainsText ()

Returns

true if there is text data on the Clipboard; otherwise, false.

Remarks

This method checks for the presence of data in the TextDataFormat.UnicodeText format on WinXpFamily and Win2kFamily. Otherwise, this method checks for the presence of data in the TextDataFormat.Text format.

Use this method to determine whether the Clipboard contains text data before retrieving it with the erload:System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetText method.

Note:

The System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard class can only be used in threads set to single thread apartment (STA) mode. To use this class, ensure that your Main method is marked with the STAThreadAttribute attribute.

Requirements

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
Assembly Versions: 2.0.0.0