# TXDrawingCore.CanPaste Property

> Informs whether the internal clipboard contains shapes that can be pasted into the canvas.

- **Product:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms
- **Section:** Reference
- **Kind:** Property
- **Introduced:** 33.0
- **Namespace:** `TXTextControl.Drawing`
- **Package:** `TXTextControl.TextControl.WinForms.SDK` (assembly `TXDrawing.dll`, from the private NuGet feed or Text Control Offline Packages)
- **.NET Framework:** reference `TXDrawing.dll` from the setup
- **Path:** TX Text Control .NET for Windows Forms > Reference > TXTextControl.Drawing > TXDrawingCore.CanPaste Property
- **309 words**
- **Web URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/canpaste-property/
- **LLMs URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/canpaste-property/llms.txt
- **LLMs-Full URL:** https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/canpaste-property/llms-full.txt

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### Description

Informs whether the internal clipboard contains [shapes](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/shape/llms-full.txt) that can be [pasted](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/paste-method/llms-full.txt) into the canvas.

### Syntax

```csharp
public bool CanPaste { get; }
```

```vbnet
Public ReadOnly Property CanPaste As Boolean
```

### Examples

The following example checks can paste before performing the related operation.

```csharp
if (tXDrawingCore.CanPaste)
{
    tXDrawingCore.Paste();
}
```

```vbnet
If tXDrawingCore.CanPaste Then
    tXDrawingCore.Paste()
End If
```

### Limitations

Read only.

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## Nearby

- **Previous:** [TXDrawingCore.CanCopy Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/cancopy-property/llms-full.txt)
- **Next:** [TXDrawingCore.CanRedo Property](https://docs.textcontrol.com/tx-text-control-dotnet-winforms/reference/txtextcontrol-drawing/txdrawingcore/canredo-property/llms-full.txt)