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Function name : GetClipboardFormatName

Group: Clipboard - Library: user32

The GetClipboardFormatName function retrieves from the clipboard the name of the specified registered format. The function copies the name to the specified buffer.

Code examples:

Enumerating data formats currently available on the clipboard
Retrieving names for the registered clipboard formats
Monitoring clipboard content changes (VFP9)

Declaration:

int GetClipboardFormatName(
  UINT format,            // clipboard format to retrieve
  LPTSTR lpszFormatName,  // format name
  int cchMaxCount         // length of format name buffer
);

FoxPro declaration:

DECLARE INTEGER GetClipboardFormatName IN user32;
	INTEGER   format,;
	STRING  @ lpszFormatName,;
	INTEGER   cchMaxCount

Parameters:

format [in] Specifies the type of format to be retrieved.

lpszFormatName [out] Pointer to the buffer that is to receive the format name.

cchMaxCount [in] Specifies the maximum length, in TCHARs, of the string to be copied to the buffer.

Return value:

If the function succeeds, the return value is the length, in TCHARs, of the string copied to the buffer.

Comments:

Registered clipboard formats are identified by values in the range 0xC000 through 0xFFFF.