getting info from the clipboard

[stapper]

hi,

Iam new in thinbasic.
I like to know if there is text in the clipboard. How can i do this.

I like to do this with RetCode = SendMessage(hEdit, %EM_CANPASTE, %CF_TEXT, 0)
Is this possible ?

Regards

Patrick

[ErosOlmi]

Hi Patrick,

first welcome to thinBasic community forum.

Using native thinBasic commands, if you are just interested in text clipboard you can use something like:

IF LEN(ClipBoard_GetText) then
'---do something
END IF


Ciao
Eros

[stapper]

Thanks Eros,

And what to do if a want to know about another clipboard format ?

Regards Patrick

[ErosOlmi]

Handling Clipboard using Windows API is not that straight.
If you want to experiment, reference is at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms648709(VS.85).aspx

But that is an area where I will add more native functions in next thinBasic versions.

Ciao
Eros

[stapper]

Thanks,

Its a very nice language.
Regards

Patrick