Why is a blank returned from the clipboard?

Question

Visual Basic

I add an object of my data type to the buffer.

My.Computer.Clipboard.SetData(MyObject.GetType.ToString, MyObject)

And then in another control I try to get it. Through ContainsData() it says that it is there, and through GetData(GetType(MyType).ToString()) it returns emptiness.
What's wrong?

Answer 1

I support the previous speaker. You need to serialize the object into a stream of bytes (or xml) before buffering and deserialize after.

Answer 2

Unfortunately, you cannot put objects on the clipboard.
Strings are allowed, bytes are allowed, objects are not.

Answer 3

Maybe because there is an instance of a class in the buffer that doesn't have an override for Object.ToString()?