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DataObject.SetText Method (String, TextDataFormat)

.NET Framework 4.5

Adds text data to the data object in the format indicated by the specified TextDataFormat value.

Namespace: System.Windows.Forms
Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)

public virtual void SetText(
	string textData,
	TextDataFormat format
)

Parameters

textData: Type: System.String
The text to add to the data object.

format: Type: System.Windows.Forms.TextDataFormat
One of the TextDataFormat values.

Exceptions

Exception	Condition
ArgumentNullException	textData is null or Empty.
InvalidEnumArgumentException	format is not a valid TextDataFormat value.

Remarks

To retrieve text data from the data object, first use the ContainsText method to determine whether the data object contains image data before retrieving it with the GetText method.

Version Information

.NET Framework

Supported in: 4.5, 4, 3.5, 3.0, 2.0

.NET Framework Client Profile

Supported in: 4, 3.5 SP1

Platforms

Windows 8, Windows Server 2012, Windows 7, Windows Vista SP2, Windows Server 2008 (Server Core Role not supported), Windows Server 2008 R2 (Server Core Role supported with SP1 or later; Itanium not supported)

The .NET Framework does not support all versions of every platform. For a list of the supported versions, see .NET Framework System Requirements.

Reference

DataObject Class

SetText Overload

System.Windows.Forms Namespace

TextDataFormat

ContainsText

GetText

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