Question

I searched pretty much everywhere on google, but I didn’t find anything useable. I want to know how to get the current cache and save it on a string. This string will get processed and afterwards replace the current cache.

I am talking about our ordinary copy cache (CTRL + C) on Windows.

Answer 1

Use the System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetText()

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/kz40084e.aspx

Example from MSDN:

// Demonstrates SetText, ContainsText, and GetText.
public String SwapClipboardHtmlText(String replacementHtmlText)
{
    String returnHtmlText = null;
    if (Clipboard.ContainsText(TextDataFormat.Html))
    {
        returnHtmlText = Clipboard.GetText(TextDataFormat.Html);
        Clipboard.SetText(replacementHtmlText, TextDataFormat.Html);
    }
    return returnHtmlText;
}