InkCanvas.Paste Method

Pastes the contents of the Clipboard to the top-left corner of the InkCanvas.

public:
 void Paste();

public void Paste ();

member this.Paste : unit -> unit

Public Sub Paste ()

Examples

The following example copies an element to the Clipboard and pastes it to the InkCanvas. This example assumes that there is an element called rect1, and that the Click events have been connected to the event handlers in the example.

    void copyXamlButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        string rectString = XamlWriter.Save(rect1);

        DataObject rectangleData = new DataObject(DataFormats.Xaml, rectString);
        Clipboard.SetDataObject(rectangleData);
        
    }

    void pasteButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (inkCanvas1.CanPaste())
        {
            inkCanvas1.Paste(new Point(100, 100));
        }

    }

Private Sub copyXamlButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    'string rectString = Parser.SaveAsXml(rect1);
    Dim rectString As String = XamlWriter.Save(rect1)

    Dim rectangleData As New DataObject(DataFormats.Xaml, rectString)
    Clipboard.SetDataObject(rectangleData)

End Sub


Private Sub pasteButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    If inkCanvas1.CanPaste() Then
        inkCanvas1.Paste(New Point(100, 100))
    End If

End Sub

Remarks

The InkCanvas can support Clipboard data in Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) format, Ink Serialized Format (ISF), and text format.

Security

UIPermission
for pasting content from the Clipboard to the InkCanvas. Associated enumeration: AllClipboard.

See also

• CopySelection()
• CanPaste()

Pastes the contents of the Clipboard to the InkCanvas at a given point.

public:
 void Paste(System::Windows::Point point);

public void Paste (System.Windows.Point point);

member this.Paste : System.Windows.Point -> unit

Parameters

Examples

The following example copies an element to the Clipboard and pastes it to the InkCanvas. This example assumes that there is an element called rect1, and that the Click events are connected to the event handlers in the example.

    void copyXamlButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        string rectString = XamlWriter.Save(rect1);

        DataObject rectangleData = new DataObject(DataFormats.Xaml, rectString);
        Clipboard.SetDataObject(rectangleData);
        
    }

    void pasteButton_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
    {
        if (inkCanvas1.CanPaste())
        {
            inkCanvas1.Paste(new Point(100, 100));
        }

    }

Private Sub copyXamlButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    'string rectString = Parser.SaveAsXml(rect1);
    Dim rectString As String = XamlWriter.Save(rect1)

    Dim rectangleData As New DataObject(DataFormats.Xaml, rectString)
    Clipboard.SetDataObject(rectangleData)

End Sub


Private Sub pasteButton_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As RoutedEventArgs)

    If inkCanvas1.CanPaste() Then
        inkCanvas1.Paste(New Point(100, 100))
    End If

End Sub

Remarks

The InkCanvas can support Clipboard data in Extensible Application Markup Language (XAML) format, Ink Serialized Format (ISF), and text format.

Security

UIPermission
Permission to paste content from the Clipboard to the InkCanvas. Associated enumeration: AllClipboard.

See also

• CopySelection()
• CanPaste()