This sample demonstrates how an app can use clipboard commands, including copy, paste, cut, and move. This sample uses classes from the Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer namespace. Some of the classes you might want to review in more detail include the Clipboard class, which accesses the Clipboard, and the DataPackage class, which you use to package the content before adding it to the Clipboard.
This sample covers the following:
- How to copy and paste text
- How to copy and paste an image
- How to copy and paste files
- How to get the formats on the Clipboard
- How to detect changes to the Clipboard
Note The Windows universal samples require Visual Studio 2015 to build and Windows 10 to execute.
To obtain information about Windows 10 development, go to the Windows Dev Center
To obtain information about Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and the tools for developing Windows apps, go to Visual Studio 2015
Guidelines and checklist for clipboard commands
Windows.ApplicationModel.DataTransfer
Client: Windows 10
Server: Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview
Phone: Windows 10
- If you download the samples ZIP, be sure to unzip the entire archive, not just the folder with the sample you want to build.
- Start Microsoft Visual Studio 2015 and select File > Open > Project/Solution.
- Starting in the folder where you unzipped the samples, go to the Samples subfolder, then the subfolder for this specific sample, then the subfolder for your preferred language (C++, C#, or JavaScript). Double-click the Visual Studio 2015 Solution (.sln) file.
- Press Ctrl+Shift+B, or select Build > Build Solution.
The next steps depend on whether you just want to deploy the sample or you want to both deploy and run it.
- Select Build > Deploy Solution.
- To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug > Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or select Debug > Start Without Debugging.