Clipboard.SetDataObject Method

Clipboard.SetDataObject Method

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Class

System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard

Syntax

 SetDataObject(   data   ) 

data (required; any)

Data to place on the Clipboard

Description

Places data on the Clipboard

Example

The following example places text on the clipboard:

 Dim s As String = "donna" clipboard.SetDataObject(s) 

VB.NET/VB 6 Differences

While the .NET Base Class Library uses the SetDataObject method to place all data on the Clipboard, the Clipboard object in VB 6 includes two methods , SetData and SetText, depending on the format of the data to be placed on the Clipboard.

See Also

Clipboard Class, Clipboard.GetDataObject Method, IDataObject Interface