The Biff5, Biff4, Biff3, and Biff clipboard formats contain a variable number of records. The records are identical to the corresponding records in the BIFF file. For more information about the BIFF5 records, see Chapter 3, "File Format." The Biff4, Biff3, and Biff formats are available for backward compatibility with existing applications. The Biff clipboard format corresponds to the BIFF2 file format.
If you implement one of the BIFF clipboard formats, your code should be prepared to receive all BIFF records except the file-specific records such as:
WRITEPROT
FILEPASS
TEMPLATE
WRITEACCESS
FILESHARING
CODEPAGE
PUB
SUB
EDG
INDEX
The minimum BIFF records that your code must provide when it writes to the clipboard are:
BOF
DIMENSIONS
Cell record or records (BLANK, BOOLERR, and so on)
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