2.1.25.14 GetClipboardText

1 Description
2 Syntax
3 Parameters
4 Return
5 Examples
6 Remark
7 See Also
8 Header to Include
9 Reference

Description

Get the text data copied onto the clipboard.

Syntax

BOOL GetClipboardText( string & strData )

Parameters

strData: [output] text copied from clipboard

Return

Returns TRUE and a string containing text copied onto the clipboard

on success or returns FALSE and an empty string on failure or if

the Clipboard is empty.

Examples

EX1

int GetClipboardText_ex1()
{
    string strClipboardText;
    BOOL bSuccess;
    bSuccess = GetClipboardText( strClipboardText );
    if( bSuccess )
        out_str( strClipboardText );
    else
        out_str( "Error reading Clipboard or Clipboard is empty." );
        return 0;
}