BaseView.CopyToClipboard() Method

Copies the selected record(s) to the Clipboard as text.

Namespace: DevExpress.XtraGrid.Views.Base

Assembly: DevExpress.XtraGrid.v23.2.dll

NuGet Packages: DevExpress.Win.Grid, DevExpress.Win.Navigation

Declaration

C#

public virtual void CopyToClipboard()

VB.NET

Public Overridable Sub CopyToClipboard

Remarks

The CopyToClipboard method copies the selected records to the Clipboard as text. Only the contents of the visible columns are copied. For group rows, this method copies only the values of the grouping columns. Records hidden under the collapsed group rows aren’t included.

If the GridOptionsBehavior.CopyToClipboardWithColumnHeaders option is enabled, the CopyToClipboard method also copies the column captions to the Clipboard.

Records in the Clipboard are separated by the newline strings (“\r\n”). The TAB character (“\t”) is used to separate the values within a record.

The currently selected record(s) can be accessed via the ColumnView.GetSelectedRows method.

The CopyToClipboard method is automatically called when the CTRL+C shortcut is pressed while a View is focused.

If the GridOptionsSelection.MultiSelectMode property equals CellSelect, the CopyToClipboard method copies data only from selected cells.

Note

Copying a large amount of data to the Clipboard can cause an exception if there are limited memory resources. To limit the number or rows when copying to the Clipboard, use the BaseView.MaxRowCopyCount property. If this property is set to -1 (the default value), all the selected records are copied to the Clipboard. Otherwise, the BaseView.MaxRowCopyCount property limits the number of records to be copied.

Note

Detail pattern Views do not contain data and they are never displayed within XtraGrid. So, the CopyToClipboard member must not be invoked for these Views. The CopyToClipboard member can only be used with Views that display real data within the Grid Control. Use the following methods to access these Views with which an end user interacts at runtime.

• GridControl.MainView - returns the top most View in a grid;
• GridControl.FocusedView - returns the focused View;
• GridControl.DefaultView - returns the currently maximized View;
• the sender parameter of View specific events;
• GridView.GetDetailView - returns a detail clone View for a specific master row.

Related GitHub Examples

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C#

winforms-grid-data-navigator-custom-button/CS/CustomButton/Form1.cs#L33

if(gridControl1.FocusedView != null) {
    gridControl1.FocusedView.CopyToClipboard();
    MessageBox.Show("Selected data has been copied to the Clipboard");

VB.NET

winforms-grid-data-navigator-custom-button/VB/CustomButton/Form1.vb#L32

If gridControl1.FocusedView IsNot Nothing Then
    gridControl1.FocusedView.CopyToClipboard()
    MessageBox.Show("Selected data has been copied to the Clipboard")