IDataObject.GetData Method
Definition
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Retrieves a data object in a specified data format.
Overloads
| GetData(String) |
Retrieves a data object in a specified format; the data format is specified by a string. |
| GetData(Type) |
Retrieves a data object in a specified format; the data format is specified by a Type object. |
| GetData(String, Boolean) |
Retrieves a data object in a specified format, optionally converting the data to the specified format. |
GetData(String)
Retrieves a data object in a specified format; the data format is specified by a string.
public:
System::Object ^ GetData(System::String ^ format);[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public object GetData (string format);public object GetData (string format);[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
abstract member GetData : string -> objabstract member GetData : string -> objPublic Function GetData (format As String) As ObjectParameters
- format
- String
A string that specifies what format to retrieve the data as. See the DataFormats class for a set of predefined data formats.
Returns
A data object with the data in the specified format, or null if the data is not available in the specified format.
- Attributes
Remarks
For an implementation of this method, see GetData.
See also
Applies to
GetData(Type)
Retrieves a data object in a specified format; the data format is specified by a Type object.
public:
System::Object ^ GetData(Type ^ format);[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public object GetData (Type format);public object GetData (Type format);[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
abstract member GetData : Type -> objabstract member GetData : Type -> objPublic Function GetData (format As Type) As ObjectParameters
- format
- Type
A Type object that specifies what format to retrieve the data as. See the DataFormats class for a set of predefined data formats.
Returns
A data object with the data in the specified format, or null if the data is not available in the specified format.
- Attributes
Remarks
For an implementation of this method, see GetData.
See also
Applies to
GetData(String, Boolean)
Retrieves a data object in a specified format, optionally converting the data to the specified format.
public:
System::Object ^ GetData(System::String ^ format, bool autoConvert);[System.Security.SecurityCritical]
public object GetData (string format, bool autoConvert);public object GetData (string format, bool autoConvert);[<System.Security.SecurityCritical>]
abstract member GetData : string * bool -> objabstract member GetData : string * bool -> objPublic Function GetData (format As String, autoConvert As Boolean) As ObjectParameters
- format
- String
A string that specifies what format to retrieve the data as. See the DataFormats class for a set of predefined data formats.
- autoConvert
- Boolean
true to attempt to automatically convert the data to the specified format; false for no data format conversion.
If this parameter is false, the method returns data in the specified format if available, or null if the data is not available in the specified format.
Returns
A data object with the data in the specified format, or null if the data is not available in the specified format.
- Attributes
Remarks
For an implementation of this method, see GetData.
See also
Applies to
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