Copying Information to the Clipboard

In the Label application, the application-defined EditCopy function copies the current selection to the clipboard. This function does the following:

1. Opens the clipboard by calling the OpenClipboard function.
2. Empties the clipboard by calling the EmptyClipboard function.
3. Calls the SetClipboardData function once for each clipboard format the application provides.
4. Closes the clipboard by calling the CloseClipboard function.

Depending on the current selection, the EditCopy function either copies a range of text or copies an application-defined structure representing an entire label. The structure, called LABELBOX, is defined as follows.

#define BOX_ELLIPSE  0 
#define BOX_RECT     1 
 
#define CCH_MAXLABEL 80 
#define CX_MARGIN    12 
 
typedef struct tagLABELBOX {  // box 
    RECT rcText;    // coordinates of rectangle containing text 
    BOOL fSelected; // TRUE if the label is selected 
    BOOL fEdit;     // TRUE if text is selected 
    int nType;      // rectangular or elliptical 
    int ichCaret;   // caret position 
    int ichSel;     // with ichCaret, delimits selection 
    int nXCaret;    // window position corresponding to ichCaret 
    int nXSel;      // window position corresponding to ichSel 
    int cchLabel;   // length of text in atchLabel 
    TCHAR atchLabel[CCH_MAXLABEL]; 
} LABELBOX, *PLABELBOX; 
 

Following is the EditCopy function.

BOOL WINAPI EditCopy(VOID) 
{ 
    PLABELBOX pbox; 
    LPTSTR  lptstrCopy; 
    HGLOBAL hglbCopy; 
    int ich1, ich2, cch; 
 
    if (hwndSelected == NULL) 
        return FALSE; 
 
    // Open the clipboard, and empty it. 
 
    if (!OpenClipboard(hwndMain)) 
        return FALSE; 
    EmptyClipboard(); 
 
    // Get a pointer to the structure for the selected label. 
 
    pbox = (PLABELBOX) GetWindowLong(hwndSelected, 0); 
 
    // If text is selected, copy it using the CF_TEXT format. 
 
    if (pbox->fEdit) 
    { 
        if (pbox->ichSel == pbox->ichCaret)     // zero length
        {   
            CloseClipboard();                   // selection 
            return FALSE; 
        } 
 
        if (pbox->ichSel < pbox->ichCaret) 
        { 
            ich1 = pbox->ichSel; 
            ich2 = pbox->ichCaret; 
        } 
        else 
        { 
            ich1 = pbox->ichCaret; 
            ich2 = pbox->ichSel; 
        } 
        cch = ich2 - ich1; 
 
        // Allocate a global memory object for the text. 
 
        hglbCopy = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_DDESHARE, 
            (cch + 1) * sizeof(TCHAR)); 
        if (hglbCopy == NULL) 
        { 
            CloseClipboard(); 
            return FALSE; 
        } 
 
        // Lock the handle and copy the text to the buffer. 
 
        lptstrCopy = GlobalLock(hglbCopy); 
        memcpy(lptstrCopy, &pbox->atchLabel[ich1], 
            cch * sizeof(TCHAR)); 
        lptstrCopy[cch] = (TCHAR) 0;    // null character 
        GlobalUnlock(hglbCopy); 
 
        // Place the handle on the clipboard. 
 
        SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hglbCopy); 
    } 
 
    // If no text is selected, the label as a whole is copied. 
 
    else 
    { 
        // Save a copy of the selected label as a local memory 
        // object. This copy is used to render data on request. 
        // It is freed in response to the WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD 
        // message. 
 
        pboxLocalClip = (PLABELBOX) LocalAlloc( 
            LMEM_FIXED, 
            sizeof(LABELBOX) 
        ); 
        if (pboxLocalClip == NULL) 
        { 
            CloseClipboard(); 
            return FALSE; 
        } 
        memcpy(pboxLocalClip, pbox, sizeof(LABELBOX)); 
        pboxLocalClip->fSelected = FALSE; 
        pboxLocalClip->fEdit = FALSE; 
 
        // Place a registered clipboard format, the owner-display 
        // format, and the CF_TEXT format on the clipboard using 
        // delayed rendering. 
 
        SetClipboardData(uLabelFormat, NULL); 
        SetClipboardData(CF_OWNERDISPLAY, NULL); 
        SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, NULL); 
    } 
 
    // Close the clipboard. 
 
    CloseClipboard(); 
 
    return TRUE; 
}