WPF Image: .Source = Clipboard.GetImage() is not d

Question

This simple program does not work, the image does not appear in the Window.

namespace ClipBoardTest
{
    public partial class MainWindow : Window
    {
        public MainWindow()
        {
            InitializeComponent();
        }
        private void CopyButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
        {
            if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
            {
                ImageUIElement.Source = Clipboard.GetImage();
                Console.WriteLine("Clipboard copied to UIElement");
            }
            else
            {
                Console.WriteLine("No image in Clipboard");
            }
        }
    }
 }

Output is "Clipboard copied to UIElement", but the image does not appear in the Window.

XAML:

 <Window x:Class="ClipBoardTest.MainWindow"
         xmlns="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml/presentation"
         xmlns:x="http://schemas.microsoft.com/winfx/2006/xaml"
         Title="MainWindow" Height="350" Width="525">
     <Grid>
         <Button x:Name="CopyButton" Content="Copy" HorizontalAlignment="Left" Margin="10,10,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Top" Width="75" Click="CopyButton_Click"/>
         <Image x:Name="ImageUIElement" Margin="90,10,10,10"/>
     </Grid>
 </Window>

Is there anybody, who understands, what is wrong?

Answer 1

Use Clipboard.GetDataObject to get bitmap and convert it into bitmapSource. Also, be aware that Bitmap.GetHbitmap() leaks memory unless you call DeleteObject on it.

So, correct solution would be to dispose the IntPtr after use. Declare the method at class level and use it from your code:

// at class level
[System.Runtime.InteropServices.DllImport("gdi32.dll")]
public static extern bool DeleteObject(IntPtr hObject);

---

if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
{
    IDataObject clipboardData = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
    if (clipboardData != null)
    {
        if (clipboardData.GetDataPresent(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap))
        {
            System.Drawing.Bitmap bitmap = (System.Drawing.Bitmap)clipboardData.GetData(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap);
            IntPtr hBitmap = bitmap.GetHbitmap();
            try
            {
                ImageUIElement.Source = System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(hBitmap, IntPtr.Zero, Int32Rect.Empty, BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
                Console.WriteLine("Clipboard copied to UIElement");
            }
            finally 
            {
                DeleteObject(hBitmap)
            }
        }
    }
}

Source - MSDN and Memory leak in Bitmap.

Answer 2

Now it works fine.

if (Clipboard.ContainsImage())
{
    // ImageUIElement.Source = Clipboard.GetImage(); // does not work
    System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject clipboardData = System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.GetDataObject();
    if (clipboardData != null)
    {
        if (clipboardData.GetDataPresent(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap))
        {
            System.Drawing.Bitmap bitmap = (System.Drawing.Bitmap)clipboardData.GetData(System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats.Bitmap);
            ImageUIElement.Source =  System.Windows.Interop.Imaging.CreateBitmapSourceFromHBitmap(bitmap.GetHbitmap(), IntPtr.Zero, Int32Rect.Empty,BitmapSizeOptions.FromEmptyOptions());
            Console.WriteLine("Clipboard copied to UIElement");
        }
    }
}