Fix Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetImage regression for bitmap images

[LeafShi1]

Fixes #14423

Root cause

After PR #11545 moved clipboard to the new typed + NRBF pipeline, bitmap images are stored mainly in the ITypedDataObject typed store, but DataObject.GetImage still only reads from the legacy GetData store, so Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetImage() can no longer see those images on .NET 10/11.

Proposed changes

• In DataObject.cs:
  Update public virtual Image? GetImage() to:
  First attempt TryGetData<Image>(DataFormats.Bitmap, autoConvert: true, out image) and return that image when available (aligned with Clipboard.GetImage() and the new typed/NRBF pipeline).
  Fall back to GetData(DataFormats.Bitmap, autoConvert: true) as Image to preserve existing behavior for legacy or non-typed data sources.
• In ClipboardTests.cs:
  Add GetDataObject_GetImage_RoundTripsBitmap:
  Clipboard.SetImage(bitmap) then Clipboard.GetDataObject() → DataObject.
  Assert dataObject.GetImage() returns a Bitmap with the expected size and pixel value, and Clipboard.ContainsImage() is true.

Customer Impact

• After the fix, apps using Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetImage() on .NET 10/11 can copy and paste bitmap images correctly again, just like on .NET 9, with no app changes needed.

Regression?

• Yes, introduced by PR Adding new strongly typed methods to Clipboard, DataObject and IDataObject. #11545

Risk

• Minimal

Screenshots

Before

Copy an image to the clipboard, run the code

using System.Windows.Forms;

class Program
{
    [STAThread]
    static void Main()
    {
        dynamic dataObject = Clipboard.GetDataObject();
        var image = dataObject.GetImage();

        if (image == null)
            Console.WriteLine("GetImage() returned null - no image on clipboard.");
        else
            Console.WriteLine($"Got image: {image.GetType().FullName} ({image.Width}x{image.Height})");
    }
}

GetImage() returns null.

After

GetImage() returns a System.Drawing.Bitmap.

Test methodology

• Unit test

Test environment(s)

• .net 11.0.0-preview.3.26174.112

Microsoft Reviewers: Open in CodeFlow

[Shyam-Gupta]

Requesting @JeremyKuhne for his thoughts.

[JeremyKuhne]

Requesting @JeremyKuhne for his thoughts.

Should follow exactly what the Clipboard class code does, modulo that we know we don't need to fall back to the GetData as we're a known ITypedDataObject. Unfortunate that we missed this, hopefully we've audited the other similar cases.

[JeremyKuhne]

@LeafShi1 I'd recommend ensuring that we have test cases for any similar APIs off DataObject.

[LeafShi1]

@LeafShi1 I'd recommend ensuring that we have test cases for any similar APIs off DataObject.

The derived APIs exposed by DataObject each have their own unit tests.

[Shyam-Gupta]

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[Shyam-Gupta]

Product change looks correct now. Only few changes required in test code. Thanks.

[Shyam-Gupta]

Looks good. Pending tasks are to clean up the test code and fix failing tests.
We will need to backport it to .NET 10 for servicing. Thanks.

[Copilot]

Pull request overview

Fixes a regression where Clipboard.GetDataObject().GetImage() returns null for bitmap images after the move to the typed/NRBF clipboard pipeline by updating DataObject.GetImage() to use the typed retrieval API and adding regression coverage.

Changes:

• Updated DataObject.GetImage() to retrieve bitmap images via TryGetData<Image>(DataFormats.Bitmap, autoConvert: true, ...).
• Updated/added unit tests to validate GetImage() uses typed retrieval and to validate clipboard bitmap round-tripping via GetDataObject().GetImage().

Reviewed changes

Copilot reviewed 2 out of 2 changed files in this pull request and generated 2 comments.

File	Description
src/System.Windows.Forms/System/Windows/Forms/OLE/DataObject.cs	Changes GetImage() implementation to use typed TryGetData<Image> for bitmap retrieval.
src/test/unit/System.Windows.Forms/System/Windows/Forms/DataObjectTests.cs	Updates GetImage unit test expectations and adds a clipboard round-trip regression test.

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