---
languages:
- csharp
products:
- windows-wpf
page_type: sample
name: "Clipboard Spy Sample"
---

# 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.

## Build the sample
The easiest way to use these samples without using Git is to download the zip file containing the current version (using the link below or by clicking the "Download ZIP" button on the [repo](https://github.com/microsoft/WPF-Samples?tab=readme-ov-file) page). You can then unzip the entire archive and use the samples in [Visual Studio 2022](https://www.visualstudio.com/wpf-vs).

[Download the samples ZIP](../../archive/main.zip)

### Deploying the sample
- Select Build > Deploy Solution. 

### Deploying and running the sample
- To debug the sample and then run it, press F5 or select Debug >  Start Debugging. To run the sample without debugging, press Ctrl+F5 or selectDebug > Start Without Debugging. 


