Retrieves the current block of data and stores it in a variable of type variant. GetData only supports BSTRs, and arrays of integer.
object.GetData data
The parts of the GetData method syntax are described in the following table.
| Part | Description |
|---|---|
| data | Where retrieved data will be stored after the method returns successfully. |
It is common to use the GetData method with the DataArrival event, which includes the totalBytes argument. If you specify a maxlen that is less than the totalBytes argument, you will get the warning 10040, indicating that the remaining bytes will be lost.