The SetClipboardData function requires a HANDLE reference; I'm having trouble converting my string for use in the function.
Here is my code:
char* output = "Test";
HLOCAL hMem = LocalAlloc( LHND,1024);
char* cptr = (char*) LocalLock(hMem);
memcpy( cptr, output, 500 );
SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hMem);
LocalUnlock( hMem );
LocalFree( hMem );
CloseClipboard();
What am I doing wrong here and what's the proper way to do it?
Thanks.
I wrote an open source command line tool to do this in Windows:
http://coffeeghost.net/2008/07/25/ccwdexe-copy-current-working-directory-command/
ccwd.exe copies the current working directory to the clipboard. It's handy when I'm several levels deep into a source repo and need to copy the path.
Here's the complete source:
#include "stdafx.h"
#include "windows.h"
#include "string.h"
#include <direct.h>
int main()
{
LPWSTR cwdBuffer;
// Get the current working directory:
if( (cwdBuffer = _wgetcwd( NULL, 0 )) == NULL )
return 1;
DWORD len = wcslen(cwdBuffer);
HGLOBAL hdst;
LPWSTR dst;
// Allocate string for cwd
hdst = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE | GMEM_DDESHARE, (len + 1) * sizeof(WCHAR));
dst = (LPWSTR)GlobalLock(hdst);
memcpy(dst, cwdBuffer, len * sizeof(WCHAR));
dst[len] = 0;
GlobalUnlock(hdst);
// Set clipboard data
if (!OpenClipboard(NULL)) return GetLastError();
EmptyClipboard();
if (!SetClipboardData(CF_UNICODETEXT, hdst)) return GetLastError();
CloseClipboard();
free(cwdBuffer);
return 0;
}