HGLOBAL GetGlobalData( CLIPFORMAT cfFormat, LPFORMATETC lpFormatEtc = NULL );
Return Value
The handle of the global memory block containing the data if successful; otherwise NULL.
Parameters
cfFormat
The format in which data is to be returned. This parameter can be one of the predefined Clipboard formats or the value returned by the native Windows RegisterClipboardFormat function.
lpFormatEtc
Points to a FORMATETC structure describing the format in which data is to be returned. Provide a value for this parameter if you want to specify additional format information beyond the Clipboard format specified by cfFormat. If it is NULL, the default values are used for the other fields in the FORMATETC structure.
Remarks
Call this function to allocate a global memory block and to retrieve data in the specified format into an HGLOBAL.
For more information, see FORMATETC in the OLE 2 Programmer's Reference, Volume 1.
For more information, see RegisterClipboardFormat in the Win32 documentation.
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See Also COleDataObject::GetData, COleDataObject::GetFileData, COleDataObject::IsDataAvailable