GetData

Returns the value previously stored in the DataObject under the given clipboard format, as a Variant.

Syntax: object.GetData( Format )

object
required An object expression that evaluates to a DataObject.
Format
required A ClipboardConstants value identifying the format to read back — for example vbCFText, vbCFUnicodeText, vbCFBitmap. If the DataObject does not contain data in Format, the result is Empty; check first with GetFormat when the format may not be present.

The concrete subtype of the returned Variant depends on Format: text formats yield a String, vbCFBitmap yields an stdole.IPictureDisp, vbCFFiles yields a path or a path collection, and so on. To pull data out by a textual format name rather than a numeric clipboard constant, use GetDataByName.

Example 

If Data.GetFormat(vbCFText) Then
    Dim Text As String
    Text = Data.GetData(vbCFText)
    Debug.Print Text
End If

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