AvailableFormats

Returns a DataObjectFormats collection describing every format the DataObject currently holds a value in.

Syntax: object.AvailableFormats

object

required An object expression that evaluates to a DataObject.

Each element of the returned collection is a DataObjectFormat descriptor with the format's Name, its FormatType from ClipboardConstants, and information about how the format is stored. Use this when the consumer side does not know in advance which formats the source has supplied --- typically in OLE drag-and-drop or paste operations from another application.

INFO

AvailableFormats is a twinBASIC addition; VB6 callers had to probe each format of interest with GetFormat instead.

Example

Dim F As DataObjectFormat
For Each F In Data.AvailableFormats
    Debug.Print F.Name, F.FormatType
Next F

See Also

• DataObjectFormats collection
• DataObjectFormat
• GetFormat method
• GetFormatByName method