reading from Windows clipboard

I have read the other posts on the board and none of them really solve my problem.

Code:

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BOOL ClipboardPaste(HWND hWindow)
{
        static PTSTR pText ;
    BOOL        bEnable ;
    HGLOBAL      hGlobal ;
    HDC          hdc ;
    LPTSTR        pGlobal ;
    BOOL        bAvailable;
 
                         
                          OpenClipboard (hWindow) ;
             
                          bAvailable = IsClipboardFormatAvailable (CF_TEXT) ;
              if (hGlobal = GetClipboardData (CF_TEXT))
              {
                  pGlobal = GlobalLock(hGlobal) ;
                    if (pText)
                    {
                        free (pText) ;
                        pText = NULL ;
                    }
                  pText =  GlobalSize(hGlobal);
                    lstrcpy (pText, pGlobal) ;
                    InvalidateRect (hWindow, NULL, TRUE) ;
              }
              CloseClipboard () ;
              return 0 ;

}

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when i try to compile i get 2 errors:

for pGlobal = GlobalLock(hGlobal);
c:\documents and settings\administrator.sean\desktop\csedit\header. h(170) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'void *' to 'char *'

for pText = GlobalSize(hGlobal);
c:\documents and settings\administrator.sean\desktop\csedit\header. h(176) : error C2440: '=' : cannot convert from 'unsigned long' to 'char *'

could anyone please help me?

Change the file extension to 'c' to compile as a 'c' program or cast those values to the type required as explained by the error messages.

When I cast it i get a "debug assertion failed" when i try to paste anything

You need to allocate memory for pText prior to using it. As written, you are setting pText to point to an address given by the size of hGlobal (your data) which will understandably cause problems as soon as you attempt to use that pointer.