ClipView

Description

Short story: Injects application into clipboard viewer chain.

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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):

• Subclass Your Way Around VB's Limitations, Feature Article, VBPJ, September 1995
• Copy and Paste with RichTextBox, Ask the VB Pro, VBPJ, December 1997

APIs Usage

This sample uses the following API calls:

Module	Library	Function
CSFont.cls	gdi gdi32 user user32	DeleteObject GetStockObject DeleteObject GetStockObject SendMessage SendMessage
FClipView.frm	user32	SetWindowLong
MClipMain.bas	gdi32 user32	CreateDC DeleteDC GetDeviceCaps GetSystemMetrics
MClipView.bas	gdi32 kernel32 shell32 user32	GetEnhMetaFileHeader GetMetaFileBitsEx PlayEnhMetaFile PlayMetaFile SetMapMode SetViewportExtEx SetViewportOrgEx SetWindowExtEx SetWindowOrgEx GlobalAlloc GlobalFree GlobalHandle GlobalLock GlobalSize GlobalUnlock lstrlen RtlMoveMemory DragQueryFile DragQueryPoint ChangeClipboardChain CloseClipboard CountClipboardFormats EmptyClipboard EnumClipboardFormats GetClientRect GetClipboardData GetClipboardFormatName GetClipboardOwner GetClipboardViewer GetOpenClipboardWindow GetPriorityClipboardFormat IsClipboardFormatAvailable OpenClipboard RegisterClipboardFormat SendMessage SetClipboardData SetClipboardViewer
MHookMe.bas	kernel32 user32	RtlMoveMemory CallWindowProc GetProp GetWindowLong RemoveProp SetProp SetWindowLong
MLocaleInfo.bas	kernel32	CompareString FoldString GetDateFormat GetLocaleInfo GetStringTypeA GetSystemDefaultLangID GetSystemDefaultLCID GetTimeFormat GetUserDefaultLangID GetUserDefaultLCID LCMapString SetThreadLocale

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Download

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 ClipView.zip, 38Kb, Last Updated: Tuesday, June 22, 1999

See Also

The following resources may also be of interest:

• HookMe - Native subclassing technique for VB5/6. Extremely clean.

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