My.Computer.Clipboard.SetAudio Method 

Writes audio data to the Clipboard.

' Usage
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetAudio(audioBytes)
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetAudio(audioStream)
' Declaration
Public Sub SetAudio( _
   ByVal audioBytes As Byte() _
)
' -or-
Public Sub SetAudio( _
   ByVal audioStream As System.IO.Stream _
)

Parameters

• audioBytes
  Byte array. Audio data to be written to the Clipboard. Required.

• audioStream
  Stream Audio data to be written to the clipboard. Required.

Exceptions

No exceptions are thrown by this method.

Remarks

This method can be used to write the audio data as either a byte array or an audio stream.

Security Note
Because the Clipboard can be accessed by other users, do not use it to store sensitive information, such as passwords or confidential data.

Tasks

The following table lists examples of tasks involving the My.Computer.Clipboard.SetAudio method.

Example

This example creates the byte array musicReader, reads the file cool.wav into it, and then writes it to the Clipboard.

Dim musicReader As Byte()
musicReader = My.Computer.FileSystem.ReadAllBytes("cool.wav")
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetAudio(musicReader)

Replace cool.wav with the name and path of the file you wish to read.

Requirements

Namespace: Microsoft.VisualBasic.MyServices

Class: ClipboardProxy (provides access to Clipboard)

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

Availability by Project Type

Permissions

No permissions are required.

See Also

Reference

My.Computer.Clipboard Object
My.Computer.Clipboard.ContainsAudio Method
My.Computer.Clipboard.GetAudioStream Method
System.IO.Stream
System.Windows.Forms.Clipboard.SetAudio

Other Resources

Storing Data to and Reading From the Clipboard