How to Clear the Clipboard Contents using c#

Question

I have an application where i am using Clipboard for copy, paste operations. For copying i have used this code

Clipboard.Clear();
const byte VK_CONTROL = 0x11;
keybd_event(VK_CONTROL, 0, 0, 0);
keybd_event(0x43, 0, 0, 0); //Send the C key (43 is "C")
keybd_event(0x43, 0, CONST_KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);
keybd_event(VK_CONTROL, 0, CONST_KEYEVENTF_KEYUP, 0);

But it's giving an error saying Unable to Perform the Clipboard Action and I am unable to paste it.It's throwing an exception.

Can anybody please help me to fix this issue or Please suggest some other ways to clear the Clipboard content before we copy.

Answer 1

Any reason you aren't using

Clipboard.SetText("some string");
Clipboard.GetText();

MSDN article here

Answer 2

Clipboard.Clear()

MSDN

Answer 3

I have done it using Win32 API calls(EmptyClipboard function).