ClipboardObject.GetData Method

Definition

Namespace:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Framework

Assembly:

Microsoft.VisualStudio.Data.Framework.dll

Overloads

GetData(String)	Retrieves the data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.
GetData(Type)	Retrieves the data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.
GetData(String, Boolean)	Retrieves the data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format, using an automated conversion parameter to determine whether to convert the data to the format.

GetData(String)

Retrieves the data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.

public:
 override System::Object ^ GetData(System::String ^ format);

public override object GetData (string format);

override this.GetData : string -> obj

Public Overrides Function GetData (format As String) As Object

Parameters

format

String

The class type associated with the data. See DataFormats for the predefined formats.

Returns

Object

The data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.

GetData(Type)

Retrieves the data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.

public:
 override System::Object ^ GetData(Type ^ format);

public override object GetData (Type format);

override this.GetData : Type -> obj

Public Overrides Function GetData (format As Type) As Object

Parameters

format

Type

The class type associated with the data.

Returns

Object

The data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.

GetData(String, Boolean)

Retrieves the data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format, using an automated conversion parameter to determine whether to convert the data to the format.

public:
 override System::Object ^ GetData(System::String ^ format, bool autoConvert);

public override object GetData (string format, bool autoConvert);

override this.GetData : string * bool -> obj

Public Overrides Function GetData (format As String, autoConvert As Boolean) As Object

Parameters

format

String

The class type associated with the data. See DataFormats for the predefined formats.

autoConvert

Boolean

Specifies whether to convert the data to the specified format (true) or not (false).

Returns

Object

The data stored in the clipboard object in the specified format.