VB6 Tutorial 68: Using the Clipboard
Posted: 2018-06-10
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Clipboard object is a simple object in Visual Basic 6 that stores data. You can retrieve the data from the clipboard using appropriate methods of the clipboard object.
In the Windows operating system, when you copy some data, the data is automatically copied or stored in the clipboard object. You can place data in the clipboard object and retrieve the data from clipboard.
You can easily copy and paste data among applications - from one application to another using the clipboard object. The clipboard object has no properties. It has a few methods that help you work upon the data.
The SetText method
The SetText method puts text in the clipboard. In other words, you can place text in the clipboard object using this method.
Example
Clipboard.SetText Text1.Text
The Clear method
The Clear method clears the clipboard.
Example
Clipboard.Clear
The GetText method
The GetTex method lets you retrieve the text which is in clipboard.
Example
Text2.Text = Clipboard.GetText
The SetData method
The SetData method places data e.g an image in clipboard.
Example
Clipboard.SetData Picture1.Picture
' or
Clipboard.SetData LoadPicture("d:\mypic.bmp")
The GetData method
The GetData method retrieves data, for example an image, from the clipboard object.
Example
Picture2.Picture = Clipboard.GetData
Comments on this post
dwirch posted this comment on 2019-09-15:
Thank you for catching the typo. It's been corrected.
AnonymousCoward posted this comment on 2020-06-21:
I have the following lines in my VB6 program:
frmTimer.txtPassword.Text = "Whatever"
ClipBoard.SetText (frmTimer.txtPassword.Text)
When I try to paste this text, it appears not to be in the Clipboard. This problem just recently manifested itself. Can you help me?
dwirch posted this comment on 2020-06-22:
If there is existing data in the clipboard, you need to clear it first, with this command:
Clipboard.Clear
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AnonymousCoward posted this comment on 2019-09-14:
The methods are "GetText" and "SetText"