4.4.1 Registering Clipboard Formats

Regardless of whether or not the server application actually does clipboard I/O, it must register clipboard formats for Native, OwnerLink, and ObjectLink. Register these formats with RegisterClipboardFormat and store the registered formats in globally visible variables since the application uses them for clipboard I/O and when making callback functions inside OLEOBJECT. (The GetData, SetData, and EnumFormats callback functions use these formats outside the clipboard context to exchange data with the server DLL).

WORD cfObjectLink;

WORD cfOwnerLink;

WORD cfNative;

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cfObjectLink = RegisterClipboardFormat("ObjectLink")

cfOwnerLink = RegisterClipboardFormat("OwnerLink")

cfNative = RegisterclipboardFormat("Native")