ClipboardOptions.ClipboardMode Property

Gets or sets whether data is copied to the Clipboard as plain text or along with its format settings (in RTF, HTML, XLS (Biff8), CSV, UnicodeText and Text formats).

Namespace: DevExpress.Export

Assembly: DevExpress.Data.v19.2.dll

Declaration

C#

[DefaultValue(ClipboardMode.Default)]
public ClipboardMode ClipboardMode { get; set; }

VB.NET

<DefaultValue(ClipboardMode.Default)>
Public Property ClipboardMode As ClipboardMode

Property Value

Type	Default	Description
ClipboardMode	**Default**	A ClipboardMode enumerator value that specifies whether or not data copied from the target control should be stored together with its format settings.

Available values:

Name	Description
Default	Equal to the ClipboardMode.PlainText value.
PlainText	Copied data is stored in Clipboard as simple plain text.
Formatted	Data is copied to the Clipboard together with its format settings.

Property Paths

You can access this nested property as listed below:

Library	Object Type	Path to ClipboardMode
WinForms Controls	GanttControl	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
	AdvBandedGridView	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
	BandedGridView	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
	GridView	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
	ResourcesTree	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
	TreeList	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
Reporting	XRDesignFieldList	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode
	XRDesignReportExplorer	.OptionsClipboard.ClipboardMode

Remarks

Set the ClipboardMode property to ClipboardMode.Formatted to allow data to be copied to the Clipboard along with format settings. In this mode, data is copied in the RTF, HTML, XLS (Biff8), CSV, UnicodeText and Text formats simultaneously. To disable one or several of these formats, use the following settings:

• ClipboardOptions.AllowExcelFormat
• ClipboardOptions.AllowHtmlFormat
• ClipboardOptions.AllowRtfFormat
• ClipboardOptions.AllowCsvFormat
• ClipboardOptions.AllowTxtFormat

See Clipboard - Copy and Paste Operations. Data Formatting to learn more.