private void GetData1() 
{
    // Creates a new data object using a string and the text format.
    string myString = "My text string";
    DataObject myDataObject = new DataObject(DataFormats.Text, myString);

    // Displays the string in a text box.
    textBox1.Text = myDataObject.GetData(DataFormats.Text).ToString();
}

private void GetData2() 
       {
           // Creates a component.
           Component myComponent = new Component();

           // Creates a data object, and assigns it the component.
           DataObject myDataObject = new DataObject(myComponent);

           // Creates a type, myType, to store the type of data.
           Type myType = myComponent.GetType();

           // Retrieves the data using myType to represent its type.
           Object myObject = myDataObject.GetData(myType);
           if(myObject != null)
               MessageBox.Show("The data type stored in the data object is " +
                   myObject.GetType().Name + ".");
           else
               MessageBox.Show("Data of the specified type was not stored " +
                   "in the data object.");
       }

private void GetData3() 
       {
           // Creates a new data object using a text string.
           string myString = "Hello World!";
           DataObject myDataObject = new DataObject(DataFormats.Text, myString);

           // Displays the string with autoConvert equal to false.
           if (myDataObject.GetData("System.String", false) != null) 
           {
               // Displays the string in a message box.
               MessageBox.Show(myDataObject.GetData("System.String", false).ToString() + ".", "Message #1");
           } 
           else
           {
               // Displays a not found message in a message box.
               MessageBox.Show("Could not find data of the specified format.", "Message #1");
           }

           // Displays the string in a text box with autoConvert equal to true.
           string myData = "The data is " + myDataObject.GetData("System.String", true).ToString() +".";
           MessageBox.Show(myData,"Message #2");
       }