Clipboard: Overview

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The Windows clipboard is used in two ways:

• Implementing standard Edit menu commands, such as Cut, Copy, and Paste
  
  
• Implementing uniform data transfer with drag and drop (OLE)

What do you want to know more about?

• Implementing the standard Edit commands
  
  
• The Win32 Clipboard API functions
  
  
• The Clipboard in the Win32 SDK
  
  
• Implementing drag and drop (OLE)
  
  
• The clipboard’s role in drag and drop