Private Sub SetData1()
   ' Creates a component to store in the data object.
   Dim myComponent As New System.ComponentModel.Component()
   
   ' Creates a data object.
   Dim myDataObject As New DataObject()
   
   ' Adds the component to the data object.
   myDataObject.SetData(myComponent)
   
   ' Checks whether data of the specified type is in the data object.
   Dim myType As Type = myComponent.GetType()
   Dim myMessageText As String
   If myDataObject.GetDataPresent(myType) Then
      myMessageText = "Data of type " + myType.Name + " is present in the data object"
   Else
      myMessageText = "Data of type " + myType.Name + " is not present in the data object"
   End If

   ' Displays the result in a message box.
   MessageBox.Show(myMessageText, "The Test Result")
End Sub

Private Sub SetData2()
   ' Creates a data object.
   Dim myDataObject As New DataObject()
   
   ' Stores a string, specifying the UnicodeText format.
   myDataObject.SetData(DataFormats.UnicodeText, "Hello World!")
   
   ' Retrieves the data by specifying the Text format.
   Dim myMessageText As String = "The data type is " & _
             myDataObject.GetData(DataFormats.Text).GetType().Name
   
   ' Displays the result.
   MessageBox.Show(myMessageText, "The Test Result")
End Sub

Private Sub SetData3()
   ' Creates a component.
   Dim myComponent As New System.ComponentModel.Component()
   
   ' Gets the type of the component.
   Dim myType As Type = myComponent.GetType()
   
   ' Creates a data object.
   Dim myDataObject As New DataObject()
   
   ' Stores the component in the data object.
   myDataObject.SetData(myType, myComponent)
   
   ' Checks whether data of the specified type is in the data object.
   Dim myMessageText As String
   If myDataObject.GetDataPresent(myType) Then
      myMessageText = "Data of type " & myType.Name & " is stored in the data object"
   Else
      myMessageText = "No data of type " & myType.Name & " is stored in the data object"
   End If
   
   ' Displays the result.
   MessageBox.Show(myMessageText, "The Test Result")
End Sub

Private Sub SetData4()
    ' Creates a new data object.
    Dim myDataObject As New DataObject()

    ' Adds UnicodeText string to the object, and set the autoConvert
    ' parameter to false.
    myDataObject.SetData(DataFormats.UnicodeText, False, "My text string")

    ' Gets the data format(s) in the data object.
    Dim arrayOfFormats As [String]() = myDataObject.GetFormats()

    ' Stores the results in a string.
    Dim theResult As String = "The format(s) associated with the data are:" + _
            ControlChars.Cr
    Dim i As Integer
    For i = 0 To arrayOfFormats.Length - 1
        theResult += arrayOfFormats(i) + ControlChars.Cr
    Next i
    ' Show the results in a message box. 
    MessageBox.Show(theResult)
End Sub