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Determines if data in a specified format is available on the OLE drag-and-drop DataObject. Available at run time only.
oDataObject.GetFormat(nFormat | cFormat)
nFormat| cFormat
Specifies the format of the data to retrieve. The following table lists some of the formats with a description of each format. For more information about the data formats available, see the documentation for Visual C++ on the Microsoft Developer Network. You can also create your own format by specifying a unique character string for cFormat.Data Format* nFormat| cFormat Description CF_TEXT
1
Text format.
CF_OEMTEXT
7
Text format containing characters in the OEM character set.
CF_UNICODETEXT
13
Unicode text format.
Note
Available only for versions of Visual FoxPro running on Windows NT 4.0 or later.
CF_FILES or CF_HDROP
15
A handle that identifies a list of files, such as a set of files dragged from the Windows Explorer.
CFSTR_OLEVARIANTARRAY
"OLE Variant Array"
An array. Multiple values can be transferred in a single drag and drop operation with this format.
For example, this format can be used to drag a set of items in a list box to another list box.
CFSTR_OLEVARIANT
"OLE Variant"
A variant. All data types in Visual FoxPro are represented as variants. This format can be used to drag and drop Visual FoxPro data without losing the data type.
CFSTR_VFPSOURCEOBJECT
"VFP Source Object"
A reference to the Visual FoxPro drag source object.
* Defined in FOXPRO.H.
Applies To: DataObject Object
The GetFormat method returns true (.T.) if the DataObject contains data in the format you specify with nFormat or cFormat; otherwise returns false (.F.).
ClearData Method
GetData Method
OLE Drag-and-Drop
SetData Method
SetFormat Method