/// <summary>
/// Tries to determine the format of the data in the clipboard and parse it.
/// <para>Supports comma separated values.</para>
/// </summary>
public static List <string[]> ParseClipboardData()
{
// get the data
IDataObject dataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
if (dataObject == null)
{
return(new List <string[]>());
}
// set the parsing method (based on the format)
// currently works with CSV and Text data formats
string clipboardString;
{
string[] formats = dataObject.GetFormats();
if (formats.Contains(DataFormats.CommaSeparatedValue))
{
clipboardString = (string)dataObject.GetData(DataFormats.CommaSeparatedValue);
}
else if (formats.Contains(DataFormats.StringFormat))
{
clipboardString = (string)dataObject.GetData(DataFormats.StringFormat);
}
else if (formats.Contains(DataFormats.UnicodeText))
{
clipboardString = (string)dataObject.GetData(DataFormats.UnicodeText);
}
else if (formats.Contains(DataFormats.Text))
{
clipboardString = (string)dataObject.GetData(DataFormats.Text);
}
else
{
return(new List <string[]>());
}
}
return(CsvUtility.Parse(clipboardString).ToList());
}