Clipboard Class

Clipboard Class

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Namespace

System.Windows.Forms

Creatable

No

Description

The Clipboard class represents the Windows Clipboard, an object that allows data to be shared across processes. The members of the Clipboard class allow data to be placed in, and retrieved from, the Clipboard.

Version Differences

Visual Basic 2005 introduces the new My.Computer.Clipboard object, which encapsulates many convenient clipboard-related features. Please refer to the "Clipboard Object" entry in Chapter 13 for information on using the new features.