SetData
Stores a value in the DataObject under a given clipboard format. Calling SetData several times against the same object lets one logical payload be made available under several formats --- for example as vbCFText and vbCFUnicodeText --- so each consumer can pick the representation it understands.
Syntax: object.SetData [ Value [ , Format ] ]
- object
- required An object expression that evaluates to a DataObject.
- Value
- optional The value to store. May be any expression assignable to a Variant --- text, a byte array, an stdole.IPictureDisp, and so on.
- Format
- optional A ClipboardConstants value ---
vbCFText,vbCFUnicodeText,vbCFBitmap,vbCFFiles, and so on --- naming the clipboard format under which Value is stored. If omitted, the DataObject chooses a default format based on the run-time type of Value.
When using a custom (private) clipboard format, register it with the system through RegisterClipboardFormat before passing its identifier to SetData; otherwise other applications will not be able to read the data back.
Example
vb
Dim Data As New DataObject
Data.SetData "Hello, world!", vbCFText
Data.SetData LoadPicture("logo.bmp"), vbCFBitmap