DataObject.GetData Method
Retrieves data of a specified format from a DataObject object.
Syntax
| VB.NET | Data = object.GetData([ ByVal Format As Object ] ) As Object |
| VB | Data = object.GetData([ ByVal Format As Variant ] ) As Variant |
| C#.NET | object Data = object.GetData(object Format); |
| VC++ | _variant_t Data = object->GetData(const _variant_t& Format = vtMissing); |
| C | HRESULT object->raw_GetData(VARIANT Format, VARIANT* Data); |
object
A DataObject object.
Format
The data format requested. The Format argument is optional. If Format is not specified, GetData returns data in a suitable format.
| Format | Value | Description |
|---|
| sftCFText | 1 | Text (as a String value) |
| sftCFBitmap | 2 | Bitmap (as Picture object) |
| sftCFMetafile | 3 | Metafile (as Picture object) |
| sftCFDIB | 8 | Device independent bitmap (as Picture object) |
| sftCFFiles | 15 | List of files. The GetData method cannot be used to retrieve this format. Use the Files collection instead. |
| sftCFRTF | -16639 | Rich text format (as String value) |
Data
Retrieves data of a specified format from a DataObject object.
Comments
The GetData method retrieves data of a specified format from a DataObject object.
It is possible for the GetData method and SetData method to use data formats other than those listed as valid Format argument, including user-defined formats registered with Windows via the RegisterClipboardFormat() API function. The SetData method requires the data to be in the form of a byte array when it does not recognize the data format specified. The GetData method always returns data in a byte array when it is in a format that it doesn't recognize, although this may be transparently converted into other data types, such as strings. The byte array returned by GetData will be larger than the actual data when running on some operating systems, with arbitrary bytes at the end of the array. This allocation of memory is often larger than is actually required for the data. Therefore, there may be extraneous bytes near the end of the allocated memory segment.
See Also DataObject Object | Object Hierarchy
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