FORMATETC Struct

Definition

Namespace:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes

Assembly:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

Represents a generalized Clipboard format.

public value class FORMATETC

public struct FORMATETC

type FORMATETC = struct

Public Structure FORMATETC

Inheritance

Object

ValueType

FORMATETC

Remarks

The FORMATETC structure encompass a target device, the aspect or view of the data, and a storage medium indicator. Instead of a Clipboard format, OLE uses a FORMATETC data structure instead. This structure is used as a parameter in OLE functions and methods that require data format information.

For more information, see FORMATETC structure.

The common language runtime throws an exception when a COM method in native code returns an HRESULT. For more information, see How to: Map HRESULTs and Exceptions.

Fields

cfFormat	Specifies the particular clipboard format of interest.
dwAspect	Specifies one of the DVASPECT enumeration constants that indicates how much detail should be contained in the rendering.
lindex	Specifies part of the aspect when the data must be split across page boundaries.
ptd	Specifies a pointer to a DVTARGETDEVICE structure containing information about the target device that the data is being composed for.
tymed	Specifies one of the TYMED enumeration constants, which indicates the type of storage medium used to transfer the object's data.