GetPicture Property (AClipboard)

Returns a graphic picture object from the Clipboard object.

Syntax

pic = Clipboard.GetPicture(enFormat)

The GetPicturemethod syntax has the following parts:

Name	Type	Description
pic	APicture	Returned picture object
Clipboard	AClipboard	The system clipboard internal variable
enFormat	enumAClipboardFormat	An integer that specifies the Clipboard object picture format.

Where

enumAClipboardFormat:

Name	Value	Description
acfText	1	Text string (N/A for this method)
acfBitmap	2	Bitmap picture
acfMetafile	3	Metafile picture
acfDIB	8	Device-independent bitmap picture
acfPalette	9	Pallete
acfEnhMetafile	14	Enhanced metafile picture
acfDDELink	0xBF00	DDE Conversation Information text string (N/A for this method)
acfRTF	0xBF01	Rich text format text string (N/A for this method)
acfIcon	0xBF02	Icon picture

Comments

If no graphic on the Clipboard object matches the expected format, Nothing is returned. If only a color palette is present on the Clipboard object, a minimum size (1 x 1) DIB is created.

Example

The following statement returns the clipboard picture in a bitmap format:

pic=Clipboard.GetPicture(acfBitmap)

if pic=Nothing

print "No Picture found"

endif

Applies to

AClipboard