My.Computer.Clipboard.SetDataObject Method

Writes a DataObject to the Clipboard.

' Usage
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetDataObject(data)
' Declaration
Public Sub SetDataObject( _
   ByVal data As System.Windows.Forms.DataObject _
)

Parameters

This is an advanced member; it does not show in IntelliSense unless you click the All tab.

Security Note:
Because the Clipboard can be accessed by other users, do not use it to store sensitive information, such as passwords or confidential data.

This example writes the data object dataChunk to the Clipboard.

My.Computer.Clipboard.SetDataObject(dataChunk)

This example depends on the existence of the data object dataChunk.

Class:ClipboardProxy (provides access to Clipboard)

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

No permissions are required.