31.2.3 Clipboard

Clipboard functions carry out data interchange between Windows applications. The clipboard is the place for this interchange; it provides a place from which applications can pass data handles to other applications. The following list briefly describes each clipboard function:

Function

Description

ChangeClipboardChain	Removes a window from the chain of clipboard viewers
CloseClipboard	Closes the clipboard
CountClipboardFormats	Gets the number of formats in the clipboard.
EmptyClipboard	Empties the clipboard and reassigns clipboard ownership
EnumClipboardFormats	Enumerates the available clipboard formats
GetClipboardData	Retrieves data from the clipboard
GetClipboardFormatName	Retrieves the clipboard format
GetClipboardOwner	Retrieves the window handle associated with the current clipboard owner
GetClipboardViewer	Retrieves the handle of the first window in the clipboard viewer chain
GetOpenClipboardWindow	Retrieves the handle of the window that has the clipboard open.
GetPriorityClipboardFormat	Retrieves data from the clipboard in the first format in a prioritized format list
IsClipboardFormatAvailable	Returns TRUE if the data in the given format is available
OpenClipboard	Opens the clipboard
RegisterClipboardFormat	Registers a new clipboard format
SetClipboardData	Copies a handle for data
SetClipboardViewer	Adds a handle to the clipboard viewer chain