ClipFileCopy

Description

Short story: Shows how Explorer copies and pastes files (actually, file lists) to/from the clipboard.

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Published

This sample, or the one from which it originally derived, was published (or at least peripherally mentioned) in the following article(s):

Verifying Internet Access, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, December 1998

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module Library Function

MClipFileCopy.bas kernel32

shell32

user32

GlobalAlloc
GlobalFree
GlobalLock
GlobalUnlock
RtlMoveMemory
DragQueryFile
DragQueryPoint
CloseClipboard
EmptyClipboard
GetClipboardData
IsClipboardFormatAvailable
OpenClipboard
SetClipboardData

Don't see what you're looking for? Here's a complete API cross-reference.

Module	Library	Function
MClipFileCopy.bas	kernel32 shell32 user32	GlobalAlloc GlobalFree GlobalLock GlobalUnlock RtlMoveMemory DragQueryFile DragQueryPoint CloseClipboard EmptyClipboard GetClipboardData IsClipboardFormatAvailable OpenClipboard SetClipboardData

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Please, enjoy and learn from this sample. Include its code within your own projects, if you wish. But, in order to insure only the most recent code is available to all, I ask that you don't share the sample by any form of mass distribution.
Download ClipFileCopy.zip, 10Kb, Last Updated: Tuesday, September 14, 1999