Clipboard Object for Visual Basic 6.0 Users
The Clipboard object in Visual Basic 6.0 is replaced by a similar Clipboard object in Visual Basic 2008.
Conceptual Differences
In Visual Basic 6.0, the Clipboard object is used to store and retrieve text, images, and data to and from the system Clipboard.
Visual Basic 2008 has a Clipboard object in the My.Computer namespace with some new methods and some methods that are slightly different.
Clipboard Data Formats
In Visual Basic 6.0, constants are provided to define the type of data being passed to or retrieved from the Clipboard.
Visual Basic 2008 uses a DataFormats object to define the data type; several new data formats are supported. A list of Visual Basic 6.0 Clipboard format constants and their Visual Basic 2008 equivalents is provided later in this topic.
Code Changes for the Clipboard Object
The following example demonstrates storing and retrieving text using the Clipboard.
' Visual Basic 6.0
Clipboard.Clear
Clipboard.SetText "Hello", vbCFText
If Clipboard.GetFormat(vbCFText) Then
Text1.Text = Clipboard.GetText(vbCFText)
End If
' Visual Basic
My.Computer.Clipboard.Clear()
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetText("Hello")
If My.Computer.Clipboard.ContainsText Then
TextBox1.Text = My.Computer.Clipboard.GetText
EndIf
Clipboard Constant Equivalencies
Visual Basic 6.0 |
Visual Basic 2008 Equivalent |
|---|---|
vbCFBitmap |
|
vbCFDIB |
|
vbCFEMetafile |
|
vbCFFiles |
|
vbCFLink |
No equivalent. For more information, see Dynamic Data Exchange for Visual Basic 6.0 Users. |
vbCFMetafile |
|
vbCFPalette |
|
vbCFRTF |
|
vbCFText |
Note
The DataFormats object is a part of the System.Windows.Forms namespace. In addition to the formats listed above, DataFormats supports several clipboard formats that were not supported in Visual Basic 6.0.
See Also
Tasks
How to: Clear the Clipboard in Visual Basic
How to: Read from the Clipboard in Visual Basic
How to: Determine What Type of File is Stored on the Clipboard in Visual Basic
How to: Save an Audio Stream to the Clipboard in Visual Basic
How to: Retrieve an Image from the Clipboard in Visual Basic
How to: Write to the Clipboard in Visual Basic