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title: "How to: Retrieve Data in a Particular Data Format"
ms.date: "03/30/2017"
ms.custom: devdivchpfy22
description: Learn how to retrieve Data in a particular Data Format.
dev_langs: 
  - "csharp"
  - "vb"
helpviewer_keywords: 
  - "drag-and-drop [WPF], retrieving data"
  - "DataFormats class [WPF], retrieving data"
  - "DataObject class [WPF], retrieving data"
ms.assetid: a625acf3-1144-44cd-add7-456aefc3859f
---
# How to: Retrieve Data in a Particular Data Format
The following examples show how to retrieve data from a data object in a specified format.  
  
## Use the GetDataPresent(String) overload to retrieve the data
  
### Description  
 The following example code uses the <xref:System.Windows.DataObject.GetDataPresent%28System.String%29> overload to first check if a specified data format is available (natively or by auto-convert); if the specified format is available, the example retrieves the data by using the <xref:System.Windows.DataObject.GetData%28System.String%29> method.  
  
### Code  
 [!code-csharp[DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode#_DragDrop_GetSpecificDataFormat](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_dragdrop_getspecificdataformat)]
 [!code-vb[DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode#_DragDrop_GetSpecificDataFormat](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode/visualbasic/window1.xaml.vb#_dragdrop_getspecificdataformat)]  
  
## Use the GetDataPresent(String, Boolean) overload to retrieve the data
  
### Description  
 The following example code uses the <xref:System.Windows.DataObject.GetDataPresent%28System.String%2CSystem.Boolean%29> overload to first check if a specified data format is available natively (auto-convertible data formats are filtered); if the specified format is available, the example retrieves the data by using the <xref:System.Windows.DataObject.GetData%28System.String%29> method.  
  
### Code  
 [!code-csharp[DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode#_DragDrop_GetSpecificDataFormat_Native](~/samples/snippets/csharp/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode/CSharp/Window1.xaml.cs#_dragdrop_getspecificdataformat_native)]
 [!code-vb[DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode#_DragDrop_GetSpecificDataFormat_Native](~/samples/snippets/visualbasic/VS_Snippets_Wpf/DragDrop_DragDropMiscCode/visualbasic/window1.xaml.vb#_dragdrop_getspecificdataformat_native)]  
  
## See also

- <xref:System.Windows.IDataObject>
- [Drag and Drop Overview](drag-and-drop-overview.md)