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Use Clipboard Methods


The Use Clipboard methods are standard Visual Basic methods that allow you to use the Microsoft Windows clipboard as an object. They do not return a value. You can use the Microsoft Windows Clipboard to transfer text to and from other applications that support this clipboard.

Format

Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.GetText()
Clipboard.SetText string
Clipboard.GetFormat()

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with these methods.

Argument
Description

string

A string or string expression that contains the text to send to the clipboard.

The following table describes the statements that you can use the clipboard.

The following table describes the arguments that you can use with these methods.

Statement
Description

Clear

Clears the contents of the clipboard.

GetText

Returns a text string from the clipboard.

SetText

Puts a text string in the clipboard.

GetFormat

Returns one of the following values:

  • Not zero. The format of the item on the clipboard is text.
  • Zero (0). The format of the item on the clipboard is not text.

If code or if a cut or copy operation places data that is of the same format as the data that currently resides in the clipboard, then the current data on the clipboard is lost.

Example

The following example places the following text string on the clipboard:

Hello, world:

Sub Button_Click
   Dim mytext as String
   mytext = "Hello, world."
   Clipboard.Settext mytext
End Sub

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