Copying from the Clipboard using System; using System.Drawing; using System.Collections; using System.ComponentModel; using System.Data; using System.Windows.Forms; public class MainClass { public static void Main(string[] args) { IDataObject iData = Clipboard.GetDataObject(); if (iData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Text)) { Console.WriteLine((String)iData.GetData(DataFormats.Text)); } if (iData.GetDataPresent(DataFormats.Bitmap)) { Image img = (Bitmap)iData.GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap); } } }