Clipboard Functions (Compact 2013)

3/28/2014

The following table shows the clipboard functions, with a description of the purpose of each.

Programming element	Description
CloseClipboard	This function closes the clipboard.
CountClipboardFormats	This function retrieves the number of different data formats currently on the clipboard.
EmptyClipboard	This function empties the clipboard and frees handles to data in the clipboard.
EnumClipboardFormats	This function lets you enumerate the data formats that are currently available on the clipboard.
GetClipboardData	This function retrieves data from the clipboard in a specified format.
GetClipboardDataAlloc	This function retrieves data from the clipboard in the specified format.
GetClipboardFormatName	This function retrieves from the clipboard the name of the specified registered format.
GetClipboardOwner	This function retrieves the window handle to the current owner of the clipboard.
GetOpenClipboardWindow	This function retrieves the handle to the window that currently has the clipboard open.
GetPriorityClipboardFormat	This function returns the first available clipboard format in the specified list.
IsClipboardFormatAvailable	This function determines whether the clipboard contains data in the specified format.
OpenClipboard	This function opens the clipboard for examination and prevents other applications from modifying the clipboard content.
RegisterClipboardFormat	This function registers a new clipboard format. This format can then be used as a valid clipboard format.
SetClipboardData	This function places data on the clipboard in a specified clipboard format.

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