Article: Q85430
Product(s): Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.1
Operating System(s):
Keyword(s): kbdocfix kb16bitonly kbClipboard kbSDKPlatform
Last Modified: 11-JUN-1999
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The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) 3.1
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SUMMARY
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The documentation for the SetClipboardData function on pages 826-828 of the
"Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit: Programmer's Reference, Volume 2:
Functions" manual states that data placed on the clipboard in a private data
format is not automatically freed when removed from the clipboard. The
identifiers for private data formats are in the range CF_PRIVATEFIRST through
CF_PRIVATELAST. The statement in the manual is incorrect. Data that is placed on
the clipboard in a private format is automatically freed when the data is
removed from the clipboard.
MORE INFORMATION
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Clipboard data in a private data format is automatically freed when the data is
removed from the clipboard. Windows sends the WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD message to the
application that put the data on the clipboard before the data is freed. An
application can free any corresponding internal data when it receives the
WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD message.
Private data in the CF_OWNERDISPLAY format is not automatically freed when the
data is removed from the clipboard. An application must free data of this format
when the application receives a WM_DESTROYCLIPBOARD message.
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