ClipboardProxy.GetData(String) Method
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Retrieves data in a custom format from the Clipboard.
public:
System::Object ^ GetData(System::String ^ format);
public object GetData(string format);
member this.GetData : string -> obj
Public Function GetData (format As String) As Object
- format
- String
String
. Name of the data format. Required.
An Object
representing the Clipboard data or Nothing
if the Clipboard does not contain any data that is in the specified format or can be converted to that format.
This example reads data in the format specialformat
from the Clipboard and writes it to file.
Dim someData As Object
someData = My.Computer.Clipboard.GetData("specialformat")
My.Computer.FileSystem.WriteAllBytes("C:\\mylogfile", someData, True)
Replace specialformat
with the custom data format you wish to retrieve.
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Windows Application | Yes |
Class Library | Yes |
Console Application | Yes |
Windows Control Library | Yes |
Web Control Library | No |
Windows Service | Yes |
Web Site | No |
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