My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData Method

Writes data in a custom format to the Clipboard.

' Usage
My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData(format ,data)
' Declaration
Public Sub SetData( _
   ByVal format As String, _
   ByVal data As Object _
)

Parameters

This method throws no exceptions.

Security Note:
Because the Clipboard can be accessed by other users, do not use it to store sensitive information, such as passwords or confidential data.

This example writes the DataObjectdataChunk to the Clipboard in the custom format specialFormat.

My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData("specialFormat", dataChunk)

This example depends on the existence of the custom data format specialFormat.

Class:ClipboardProxy (provides access to Clipboard)

Assembly: Visual Basic Runtime Library (in Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll)

No permissions are required.