How to copy to the Clipboard and make data public

[Shayne H]

I am trying to write a method to copy some text to the clipboard, and leave
a copy of it there after the application has exited.

Sub CopyToClipboard(ByVal value As Object)
Dim data As New DataObject()
data.SetData(DataFormats.UnicodeText, True, value)
Clipboard.SetDataObject(data,True)
End Sub

When I test it, I get an exception:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: The requested clipboard
operation failed.
at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.ThrowIfFailed(Int32 hr)
at System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetDataObject(Objec t data, Boolean
copy)
at ClipName.PublicClipboard.CopyToClipboard(Object value)

However, the exception can be avoided if the Copy option is dropped from the
Clipboard.SetDataObject() method, but then the data is not available after
the application exits.
From this I guess the problem must be a matter of security.
Can someone tell me if it is indeed a security problem?
(and any pointers, as I am new to .NET security)
--
Thanks for any help,
Shayne H

[Huy Nguyen [MSFT]]

Hi, I could not repo your issue on Visual Studio .NET 2003.

Would you tell me what you passed in as 'value' for 'CopyToClipboard'?

Thanks,

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[Shayne H]

I was passing a string.
However now I cannot reproduce the problem either.

"Huy Nguyen [MSFT]" <hu**@online.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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Hi, I could not repo your issue on Visual Studio .NET 2003.

Would you tell me what you passed in as 'value' for 'CopyToClipboard'?

Thanks,

--
Huy Nguyen, Visual Basic team.

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