ClipboardProxy.SetData(String, Object) Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualBasic.Forms.dll

Writes data in a custom format to the Clipboard.

public:
 void SetData(System::String ^ format, System::Object ^ data);

public void SetData (string format, object data);

member this.SetData : string * obj -> unit

Public Sub SetData (format As String, data As Object)

Parameters

format

String

String. Format of data. Required.

data

Object

Object. Data object to be written to the Clipboard. Required.

Examples

This example writes the DataObject.dataChunk to the Clipboard in the custom format specialFormat.

My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData("specialFormat", dataChunk)

This example depends on the existence of the custom data format specialFormat.

Remarks

Important

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

Availability by Project Type

Project type	Available
Windows Application	Yes
Class Library	Yes
Console Application	Yes
Windows Control Library	Yes
Web Control Library	No
Windows Service	Yes
Web Site	No

See also

• Computer
• SetData(String, Object)
• ContainsData(String)
• GetData(String)
• GetDataObject()
• SetDataObject(DataObject)
• Objects (Visual Basic)
• Storing Data to and Reading From the Clipboard