/// <summary>
/// Empty the Clipboard and Restore to system clipboard data contained in a collection of ClipData objects
/// </summary>
/// <param name="clipData">The collection of ClipData containing data stored from clipboard</param>
/// <returns></returns>
public static bool SetClipboard(ReadOnlyCollection <ClipboardData> clipData)
{
//Open clipboard to allow its manipultaion
if (!ClipboardApi.OpenClipboard(IntPtr.Zero))
{
return(false);
}
//Clear the clipboard
EmptyClipboard();
//Get an Enumerator to iterate into each ClipData contained into the collection
IEnumerator <ClipboardData> cData = clipData.GetEnumerator();
while (cData.MoveNext())
{
ClipboardData cd = cData.Current;
//Get the pointer for inserting the buffer data into the clipboard
IntPtr alloc = MemoryApi.GlobalAlloc(MemoryApi.GMEM_MOVEABLE | MemoryApi.GMEM_DDESHARE, cd.Size);
IntPtr gLock = MemoryApi.GlobalLock(alloc);
//Clopy the buffer of the ClipData into the clipboard
if ((int)cd.Size > 0)
{
Marshal.Copy(cd.Buffer, 0, gLock, cd.Buffer.GetLength(0));
}
else
{
}
//Release pointers
MemoryApi.GlobalUnlock(alloc);
ClipboardApi.SetClipboardData(cd.Format, alloc);
}
;
//Close the clipboard to realese unused resources
ClipboardApi.CloseClipboard();
return(true);
}
void InjectClipboardData(IClipboardData clipboardData)
{
using (var memoryHandle = memoryHandleFactory.AllocateInMemory(clipboardData.RawData))
{
var globalPointer = AllocateInMemory(clipboardData);
var target = GeneralApi.GlobalLock(globalPointer);
if (target == IntPtr.Zero)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Could not allocate memory.");
}
GeneralApi.CopyMemory(target, memoryHandle.Pointer, (uint)clipboardData.RawData.Length);
GeneralApi.GlobalUnlock(target);
if (ClipboardApi.SetClipboardData(clipboardData.RawFormat, globalPointer) == IntPtr.Zero)
{
GeneralApi.GlobalFree(globalPointer);
throw new Exception("Could not set clipboard data.");
}
}
}