How to send string to the clipboard

Prozak · December 31, 2001 12:25 AM

Hi all, how do I send a string to the clipboard? This cannot be terrifically dificult... Season's Greetings, Happy New Year, Jester Says: "Visit Positronic Dreams"

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Prozak · December 31, 2001 02:05 PM

c''mon people, someone has to know this...
It should be very easy for gurus out there

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barazor · December 31, 2001 03:43 PM

look up OpenClipboard() in msdn, theres a good article on codeguru.com about copy and paste functions(very easy to do

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Zeblar Nagrim · December 31, 2001 03:47 PM

Easy-pleasy,

  char* g_pText;HGLOBAL g_hGlobal;HWND g_hWnd;               void CopyText(){   //   // Prepare   g_hGlobal = GlobalAlloc(GHND | GMEM_SHARE, (lstrlen (g_pText) + 1) * sizeof (char));     g_hGlobal = GlobalLock(g_hGlobal);     lstrcpy(g_hGlobal, g_pText);     GlobalUnlock(g_hGlobal);     //   // Send   OpenClipboard(g_hWnd);    EmptyClipboard();    SetClipboardData(CF_TCHAR, g_hGlobal);    CloseClipboard(); }

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Prozak · December 31, 2001 04:01 PM

Thanx, that was quite helpful !!

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eldee · December 31, 2001 04:06 PM

and in VB it''s something like... Clipboard.setdata ____ or clipboard.getdata, ect..

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Evil Steve · March 05, 2004 08:11 AM

Another, error checked method:

bool CopyTextToClipboard(const string& strBuff, HWND hWndOwner){HGLOBAL hMem;void* pData;	// Open Clipboard //	if(!OpenClipboard(hWndOwner))		return false;	EmptyClipboard();	// Allocate memory //	hMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE | GMEM_DDESHARE,strBuff.length()+1);	if(!hMem)	{		CloseClipboard();		return false;	}	// Fill Memory //	pData = GlobalLock(hMem);	if(!pData)	{		GlobalFree(hMem);		CloseClipboard();		return false;	}	memcpy(pData,strBuff.c_str(),strBuff.length()+1);	// Unlock memory, set clipboard data, and cleanup //	GlobalUnlock(hMem);	SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT,hMem);	CloseClipboard();	return true;}

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