pinvoke.net: Edit: user32.GetClipboardData

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Summary: The GetClipboardData API

!!!!C# Signature:
 [DllImport("user32.dll")]
 static extern IntPtr GetClipboardData(uint uFormat);
!!!!User-Defined Types:
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!!!!Notes:
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!!!!Sample Code:
 [DllImport("user32.dll")]
 static extern IntPtr GetClipboardData(uint uFormat);

/// <summary>
 /// Gets the data on the clipboard in the format specified by the selected item of the specified listbox.
 /// </summary>
 private byte[] GetClipboardData(ListBox ListBox)
 {
     uint SelectedFormat = GetSelectedClipboardFormat(ListBox);
     if (SelectedFormat != 0)
     {
         OpenClipboard(Handle);

//Get pointer to clipboard data in the selected format
         IntPtr ClipboardDataPointer = GetClipboardData(SelectedFormat);
         
         //Do a bunch of crap necessary to copy the data from the memory
         //the above pointer points at to a place we can access it.
         UIntPtr Length = GlobalSize(ClipboardDataPointer);
         IntPtr gLock = GlobalLock(ClipboardDataPointer);

//Init a buffer which will contain the clipboard data
         byte[] Buffer = new byte[(int)Length];
                
         //Copy clipboard data to buffer
         Marshal.Copy(gLock, Buffer, 0, (int)Length);

GlobalUnlock(gLock); //unlock gLock

CloseClipboard();

return Buffer;
     }

return new byte[] {};
 }
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Documentation: GetClipboardData@msdn on MSDN