jordan2000 wrote: cant find a soutable code sample fore VB.NET That's because there really isn't any. Registering as a clipboard viewer is not a common operation at all. You'll have to piece together example, like overriding WndProc and calling into the Win32 API. But, there is no simple way to do this. There is no event that is fired when the clipboard changes, so you have to go thru the Win32 API pain of registering for notifications yourself. RageInTheMachine9532