How do I monitor clipboard changes in C#?

Question

Is there a clipboard changed or updated event that i can access through C#?

Answer 1

I think you'll have to use some p/invoke:

[DllImport("User32.dll", CharSet=CharSet.Auto)]
public static extern IntPtr SetClipboardViewer(IntPtr hWndNewViewer);

See this article on how to set up a clipboard monitor in c#

Basically you register your app as a clipboard viewer using

_ClipboardViewerNext = SetClipboardViewer(this.Handle);

and then you will recieve the WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD message, which you can handle by overriding WndProc:

protected override void WndProc(ref Message m)
{
    switch ((Win32.Msgs)m.Msg)
    {
        case Win32.Msgs.WM_DRAWCLIPBOARD:
        // Handle clipboard changed
        break;
        // ... 
   }
}

(There's more to be done; passing things along the clipboard chain and unregistering your view, but you can get that from the article)