Clipboard Spy Sample

his sample demonstrates how to retrieve and examine the contents of the system clipboard.

The sample also demonstrates the following methods provided by the Clipboard class:

• Clear

• ContainsAudio

• ContainsFileDropList

• ContainsImage

• ContainsText

Remarks

The sample is designed to demonstrate the use of CacheRequest and related classes and methods, but does not necessarily reflect a real-world implementation of UI Automation caching as a whole.

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