How to: Copy Data to the Clipboard

Jul 09, 2019
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The following example demonstrates how to copy data from the PivotGridControl into the system clipboard.

First, it is necessary to add the ContextMenu with a single “Copy to Clipboard” menu item to a PivotGridControl‘s ContextMenu property. This context menu is invoked when an end-user right-clicks within the Data Area. Then this menu’s Click event can be handled to copy data to the clipboard. To copy the selected cells to the clipboard, the PivotGridControl.CopySelectionToClipboard method is used.

To determine whether the selection is not empty, and so whether it is necessary to invoke the context menu, the PivotGridControl.ContextMenuOpening event should be handled.

MainWindow.xaml
MainWindow.xaml.cs
MainWindow.xaml.vb

xaml

<Window x:Class="HowToBindToMDB.MainWindow"
        xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
        xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
        xmlns:dxpg="http://schemas.devexpress.com/winfx/2008/xaml/pivotgrid"
        Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525" Loaded="Window_Loaded">
    <Grid>
        <dxpg:PivotGridControl ContextMenuOpening="pivotGridControl1_ContextMenuOpening"
                               HorizontalAlignment="Left" Name="pivotGridControl1" 
                               VerticalAlignment="Top" 
                               Selection="0,0,3,4">
            <dxpg:PivotGridControl.ContextMenu>
                <ContextMenu>
                    <MenuItem Header="Copy Selection to Clipboard" 
                              Click="CopyToClipboard_Click"/>
                </ContextMenu>
            </dxpg:PivotGridControl.ContextMenu>
            <dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCountry" FieldName="Country" 
                                     Area="RowArea" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCustomer" FieldName="Sales Person" 
                                     Area="RowArea" Caption="Customer" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldYear" FieldName="OrderDate" 
                                     Area="ColumnArea" Caption="Year" 
                                     GroupInterval="DateYear" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldCategoryName" FieldName="CategoryName" 
                                     Area="ColumnArea" Caption="Product Category" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldProductName" FieldName="ProductName" 
                                     Area="FilterArea" Caption="Product Name" />
                <dxpg:PivotGridField Name="fieldExtendedPrice" FieldName="Extended Price" 
                                     Area="DataArea" CellFormat="c0" />
            </dxpg:PivotGridControl.Fields>
        </dxpg:PivotGridControl>
    </Grid>
</Window>

csharp

using System.Windows;
using System.Windows.Controls;
using HowToBindToMDB.NwindDataSetTableAdapters;

namespace HowToBindToMDB {
    public partial class MainWindow : Window {
        NwindDataSet.SalesPersonDataTable salesPersonDataTable = 
            new NwindDataSet.SalesPersonDataTable();
        SalesPersonTableAdapter salesPersonDataAdapter = new SalesPersonTableAdapter();
        public MainWindow() {
            InitializeComponent();
            pivotGridControl1.DataSource = salesPersonDataTable;
        }
        private void Window_Loaded(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
            salesPersonDataAdapter.Fill(salesPersonDataTable);
        }
        private void CopyToClipboard_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e) {
            pivotGridControl1.CopySelectionToClipboard();
        }
        private void pivotGridControl1_ContextMenuOpening(object sender, ContextMenuEventArgs e) {
            if(pivotGridControl1.Selection.IsEmpty) 
                e.Handled = true;
        }
    }
}

Imports Microsoft.VisualBasic
Imports System.Data
Imports System.Data.OleDb
Imports System.Windows
Imports System.Windows.Controls
Imports DevExpress.Xpf.PivotGrid
Imports HowToBindToMDB.NwindDataSetTableAdapters

Namespace HowToBindToMDB
    Partial Public Class MainWindow
        Inherits Window
        Private salesPersonDataTable As New NwindDataSet.SalesPersonDataTable()
        Private salesPersonDataAdapter As New SalesPersonTableAdapter()

        Public Sub New()
            InitializeComponent()
            pivotGridControl1.DataSource = salesPersonDataTable
        End Sub

        Private Sub Window_Loaded(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
            salesPersonDataAdapter.Fill(salesPersonDataTable)
        End Sub

        Private Sub CopyToClipboard_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)
            pivotGridControl1.CopySelectionToClipboard()
        End Sub

        Private Sub pivotGridControl1_ContextMenuOpening(ByVal sender As Object, _
                                                         ByVal e As ContextMenuEventArgs)
            If pivotGridControl1.Selection.IsEmpty Then
                e.Handled = True
            End If
        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace