OLE Clipboard :: Win32 API vs. MFC

Hi.

I use Programming Windows with MFC, Second Edition by Jeff Prosise as a reference for the OLE Clipboard. Prosise demonstrates both Win32 API method and MFC simple classes encapsulating the Win32 API method for the OLE Clipboard.

The Win32 API method is not difficult, just takes up a little bit more code than if you use MFC. I would like to know is there any advantage to using Win32 API instead of MFC for OLE Clipboard and even COM?

I enjoy working with Win32 API, but not for GUI.

Thanks,
Kuphryn

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Originally posted by kuphryn
Hi.

I use Programming Windows with MFC, Second Edition by Jeff Prosise as a reference for the OLE Clipboard. Prosise demonstrates both Win32 API method and MFC simple classes encapsulating the Win32 API method for the OLE Clipboard.

The Win32 API method is not difficult, just takes up a little bit more code than if you use MFC. I would like to know is there any advantage to using Win32 API instead of MFC for OLE Clipboard and even COM?

I enjoy working with Win32 API, but not for GUI.

Thanks,
Kuphryn

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From little I've done with COM, I prefer as much help as possible.......its a real nasty technology to do in C++ unless you have a decent library to help you (ATL, MFC....)

If you want to look at COM as raw as it gets try this. The MASM distro itself has more ASM/COM stuff too....

Okay. Thanks.

Kuphryn

Okay. I tested an OLE Clipboard implementation with some lines of text. Everything works good, except for that fact that the data buffer ingored all newlines. For example, let this copy the following data, which I first save in a string object, to the OLE Clipboard.

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Test
1
2
3
Testing Completed
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This is what I would see when I paste to Notepad.

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Test[]1[]2[]3[]Testing Completed
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I am using the OLE Clipboard strictly for text. I would like to know is it possible to copy data to the clipboard so Windows would recognize all new lines?

Thanks,
Kuphryn