How to: Write to the Clipboard in Visual Basic
The Clipboard can be used to store data, such as text and images. Because the Clipboard is shared by all processes, it can be used to transfer data between them. The My.Computer.Clipboard object allows you to easily access the Clipboard and to read and write to it. The SetAudio, SetData, SetFileDropDownList, SetImage, and SetText methods allow you to place data on the Clipboard.
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To write text to the Clipboard
Use the My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText method to write text to the Clipboard. The following code writes the string "This is a test string" to the Clipboard.
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText("This is a test string.")
To write text to the Clipboard in a specific format
Use the My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText method to write text to the Clipboard, including the type of TextDataFormat. The following code writes the string "This is a test string" to the Clipboard as RTF text.
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText("This is a test string.", _ System.Windows.Forms.TextDataFormat.Rtf)
To write data to the Clipboard
Use the My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData method to write data to the Clipboard. This example writes the DataObjectdataChunk to the Clipboard in the custom format specialFormat.
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData("specialFormat", dataChunk)
See Also
Tasks
How to: Read from the Clipboard in Visual Basic
How to: Determine What Type of File is Stored on the Clipboard in Visual Basic
Reference
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText Method