Indicates if the DataObject supports the specified format.
[Visual Basic .NET] Public Function GetFormat ( _ ByVal format As Integer _ ) As Boolean
[C#] public bool GetFormat ( int format );
[C++]
HRESULT GetFormat(
long format,
VARIANT_BOOL* pbFormatSupported
);
[C++]Parameters
format [in] format is a parameter of type long pbFormatSupported [out, retval] pbFormatSupported is a parameter of type VARIANT_BOOL
Product Availability
Available with ArcGIS Engine, ArcGIS Desktop, and ArcGIS Server.
Description
GetFormat returns the DataObject format code. The format code corresponds to a clipboard format that is unqiue to the system and is registered with the windows api function RegisterClipboardFormat. Other standard drag and drop formats are available. For example, 1 is used for text, 2 for a bitmap and 15 is used for a file list.
Use to test if the format of data in the DataObject matches the specified format. Typically used when dropping data onto the PageLayoutControl and MapControl from other applications.