Get the data copied after Ctrl+ C operation to a variable

Question

I have some data in notepad and have performed Sendkeys("Ctrl+C") using keyboard library.I want to get the copied data to a variable in C# code.

How to get the data to variable programmatically.

I tried clipboard.GetText() API and it is giving empty string.

Can you manually paste elsewhere after doing the `SendKeys` call? IE have you verified that your copy actually works in the first place? — James Thorpe, Jan 23 '18 at 11:39
Are you sure you've successfully copied the data to clipboard? What happens when you try to use ctrl + v? — Zohar Peled, Jan 23 '18 at 11:40
see https://stackoverflow.com/questions/518701/clipboard-gettext-returns-null-empty-string — Jan Gassen, Jan 23 '18 at 11:41
Possible duplicate of [Clipboard.GetText returns null (empty string)](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/518701/clipboard-gettext-returns-null-empty-string) — Hasan Fathi, Jan 23 '18 at 11:42

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Jan 23 '18 at 12:14

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Your could get any data using Clipboard.GetDataObject().

See the example at msdn

answered Jan 23 '18 at 12:14

J.Althaus

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