DataObject::GetText Method (TextDataFormat)

.NET Framework (current version)

Retrieves text data from 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)

Syntax

public:
virtual String^ GetText(
	TextDataFormat format
)

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

Type: System::String^

The text data in the data object or String::Empty if the data object does not contain data in the specified format.

Exception	Condition
InvalidEnumArgumentException	format is not a valid TextDataFormat value.

Use the ContainsText method to determine whether the data object contains text data before retrieving it with this method.

Use the SetText method to add text data to the data object.

.NET Framework
Available since 2.0