Name
IDataObject.GetFormats Method
Class
System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject
Syntax
GetDataFormats([autoconvert])-
autoconvert Use: Optional
Data Type: Boolean
Trueto retrieve all formats that the Clipboard data is associated with or can be converted to;Falseto retrieve only native data formats
Return Value
A String array containing a list of all supported formats
Description
Retrieves a list of all the formats that the Clipboard data is associated with or can be converted to
Rules at a Glance
The elements in the array returned by the method can take any of the following values:
| DataFormats.Bitmap |
| DataFormats.CommaSeparatedValue |
| DataFormats.Dib |
| DataFormats.Dif |
| DataFormats.EnhancedMetafile |
| DataFormats.FileDrop |
| DataFormats.Html |
| DataFormats.Locale |
| DataFormats.MetafilePict |
| DataFormats.OemText |
| DataFormats.Palette |
| DataFormats.PenData |
| DataFormats.Riff |
| DataFormats.Rtf |
| DataFormats.Serializable (a format that encapsulates any type of Windows Forms object) |
| DataFormats.StringFormat |
| DataFormats.SymbolicLink |
| DataFormats.Text |
| DataFormats.Tiff |
| DataFormats.UnicodeText |
| DataFormats.WaveAudio |
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