Using the Clipboard, Part I: Transferring Simple Text

Tom Archer

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In this first article of a four-part series on learning everything you ever wanted to know about programming the Windows Clipboard, you'll discover the basic steps of using the Clipboard API to transfer simple (ANSI) text to and from the Clipboard.

clipboard1_demo.zip
- Clipboard1_demo
  - ReadMe.txt
  - res
    - SimpleTextTransfer.ico
    - SimpleTextTransfer.manifest
    - SimpleTextTransfer.rc2
  - resource.h
  - SimpleTextTransfer.cpp
  - SimpleTextTransfer.h
  - SimpleTextTransfer.rc
  - SimpleTextTransfer.sln
  - SimpleTextTransfer.vcproj
  - SimpleTextTransferDlg.cpp
  - SimpleTextTransferDlg.h
  - stdafx.cpp
  - stdafx.h

Microsoft Visual Studio Solution File, Format Version 7.00
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EndProject
Global
	GlobalSection(SolutionConfiguration) = preSolution
		ConfigName.0 = Debug
		ConfigName.1 = Release
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectDependencies) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ProjectConfiguration) = postSolution
		{BCAF903F-BED6-491D-8B6E-388AC9033596}.Debug.ActiveCfg = Debug|Win32
		{BCAF903F-BED6-491D-8B6E-388AC9033596}.Debug.Build.0 = Debug|Win32
		{BCAF903F-BED6-491D-8B6E-388AC9033596}.Release.ActiveCfg = Release|Win32
		{BCAF903F-BED6-491D-8B6E-388AC9033596}.Release.Build.0 = Release|Win32
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityGlobals) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
	GlobalSection(ExtensibilityAddIns) = postSolution
	EndGlobalSection
EndGlobal

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Written By

Tom Archer

Software Developer (Senior) Microsoft

United States

I manage the strategy for the Azure Management Experience documentation at Microsoft. Those technologies include Open-Source DevOps (Terraform, Ansible, Jenkins), Azure PowerShell, and Azure CLI.

Using the Clipboard, Part I: Transferring Simple Text

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