How can i get "paste event" from the clipboard?

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yevron2

Hello,

I am tring to write a clipboard spy that catches events from the
clipboard.
I used the SetClipboardViewer api to get events when data is copied
into the clipboard, and also GetClipboardOwner to know where the data
was copied from, but i don't know how to get an event when data is
being pasted... not in my application only, anywhere.

Is there an other way other than a hook on the keyboard?
I don't want to catch all keyboard actions just to know that ctrl+v
was pressed... you can also paste from a menu and not using ctrl+v and
i will miss it...

Thank you!
 
It will take some unmanaged interop to do this, as you have to register your
app to listen for Clipboard events, and use the WndProc method to intercept
them. There's a nice article on how to do this here:

http://www.radsoftware.com.au/articles/clipboardmonitor.aspx

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Thank you.
But i already did that... event is raised only when copy is done, not
paste.
 
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