IDataObject.GetCanonicalFormatEtc(FORMATETC, FORMATETC) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes

Assembly:: System.Runtime.InteropServices.dll

Assembly:: System.dll

Assembly:: netstandard.dll

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Provides a standard FORMATETC structure that is logically equivalent to a more complex structure. Use this method to determine whether two different FORMATETC structures would return the same data, removing the need for duplicate rendering.

public:
 int GetCanonicalFormatEtc(System::Runtime::InteropServices::ComTypes::FORMATETC % formatIn, [Runtime::InteropServices::Out] System::Runtime::InteropServices::ComTypes::FORMATETC % formatOut);

public int GetCanonicalFormatEtc (ref System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FORMATETC formatIn, out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FORMATETC formatOut);

abstract member GetCanonicalFormatEtc : FORMATETC * FORMATETC -> int

Public Function GetCanonicalFormatEtc (ByRef formatIn As FORMATETC, ByRef formatOut As FORMATETC) As Integer

Parameters

formatIn: FORMATETC

A pointer to a FORMATETC structure, passed by reference, that defines the format, medium, and target device that the caller would like to use to retrieve data in a subsequent call such as GetData(FORMATETC, STGMEDIUM). The TYMED member is not significant in this case and should be ignored.

formatOut: FORMATETC

When this method returns, contains a pointer to a FORMATETC structure that contains the most general information possible for a specific rendering, making it canonically equivalent to formatetcIn. The caller must allocate this structure and the GetCanonicalFormatEtc(FORMATETC, FORMATETC) method must fill in the data. To retrieve data in a subsequent call such as GetData(FORMATETC, STGMEDIUM), the caller uses the supplied value of formatOut, unless the value supplied is null. This value is null if the method returns DATA_S_SAMEFORMATETC. The TYMED member is not significant in this case and should be ignored. This parameter is passed uninitialized.

Returns

Int32

This method supports the standard return values E_INVALIDARG, E_UNEXPECTED, and E_OUTOFMEMORY, as well as the following:

Value	Description
S_OK	The returned FORMATETC structure is different from the one that was passed.
DATA_S_SAMEFORMATETC	The FORMATETC structures are the same and `null` is returned in the `formatOut` parameter.
DV_E_LINDEX	There is an invalid value for lindex; currently, only -1 is supported.
DV_E_FORMATETC	There is an invalid value for the `pFormatetc` parameter.
OLE_E_NOTRUNNING	The application is not running.

Remarks

For more information, see IDataObject::GetCanonicalFormatEtc method.

Applies to