DragDropHelper.GetStringFromDataObject Method

Try to extract a string from the specified IDataObject.

Namespace:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI
Assembly:  Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0 (in Microsoft.VisualStudio.Shell.12.0.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
Public Shared Function GetStringFromDataObject ( _
    source As IDataObject _
) As String

public static string GetStringFromDataObject(
    IDataObject source
)

public:
static String^ GetStringFromDataObject(
    IDataObject^ source
)

static member GetStringFromDataObject : 
        source:IDataObject -> string

public static function GetStringFromDataObject(
    source : IDataObject
) : String

Parameters

• source
  Type: IDataObject

  The data object.

Return Value

Type: String
Returns the string if the data object contains one of the recognized strings data formats, otherwise returns nulla null reference (Nothing in Visual Basic).

.NET Framework Security

• Full trust for the immediate caller. This member cannot be used by partially trusted code. For more information, see Using Libraries from Partially Trusted Code.

See Also

Reference

DragDropHelper Class

Microsoft.VisualStudio.PlatformUI Namespace