CD_CLIPBOARD - Clipboard Driver (cdclipbd.h)

This driver allows the access to a Clipboard area. It is greatly dependent on the system. In Win32, it creates an Enhanced Metafile, a Bitmap or a CD Metafile; in X-Windows it creates only a CD Metafile.

Use

The canvas is created by means of a call to function cdCreateCanvas(CD_CLIPBOARD, Data), after which other functions in the CD library can be called as usual. The Data parameter string is platform-dependent and varies according to the metafile created. See each metafile's documentation, but remember to exclude parameter "filename".

In the Windows environment, if the string "-b" is present, it means that a Bitmap must be created instead of a metafile, and, if the string "-m" is specified, a CD Metafile will be created. For a Bitmap the remaining string must contains the bitmap size and optionally its resolution: "-b widthxheight [resolution]" or in C "%dx%d %g", the resolution default is the screen resolution.

In the X-Windows environment, the Display ("%p") where the data will be stored must be passed as a parameter before the CD Metafile parameters. This environment's driver is used only for applications that use CD to communicate with each other, because a CD Metafile is created.

Any amount of such canvases may exist simultaneously. It is important to note that a call to function cdKillCanvas is required to properly copy the data to the Clipboard.

You can interpret the data from the Clipboard using function cdPlay. In the X-Windows environment, the parameter "data" for the cdPlay function is the pointer to the Display where the metafile will be obtained.

Behavior of Functions

This driver is greatly platform-dependent. For further detail, see the Behavior of Functions in each platform: Microsoft Windows (GDI), X-Windows (XLIB). However, it should be noted that some functions behave differently from the basic functions of each platform.