Second parameter of SetClipboardData()

Can anyone explain to me what the second parameter is? MSDN didn't explain it too well.. err, it went over my head.

Say I want to take text from one of my text boxes and click a button "Copy to Clipboard"

why that's a handle....

just kidding...

it works something like this... if this does not work email me tomorrow at [email protected]

I will send you a sample that works...

if( OpenClipboard( myhwnd ) ){


HGLOBAL hgb = GlobalAlloc(
GMEM_MOVEABLE, // allocation attributes
100 // number of bytes to allocate
);


char* pdata;

pdata = (char*) GlobalLock(hgb);

strcpy(pdata, "my text");

SetClipboardData( CF_TEXT, hgb);

GlobalUnlock(hgb);

}

Code:

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        if( OpenClipboard() )
        {

                HGLOBAL hGlobal = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVEABLE, sFxName.GetLength() + 1);


                if( hGlobal )
                {
                        char *psz = (char *)GlobalLock( hGlobal );

                        strcpy(psz, sFxName.GetBuffer( sFxName.GetLength() ) );

                        sFxName.ReleaseBuffer();

                       
                        SetClipboardData(CF_TEXT, hGlobal);

                }

                CloseClipboard();
        }

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