Thread: copying to clipboard

Code:

BOOL GetClipboardText(LPTSTR buff, UINT iBuffSize)
{
	HANDLE hClip;
	char* pszClipboard;

	if(OpenClipboard(NULL))	// Open the clipboard so we can read its contents
	{
		hClip = GetClipboardData(CF_TEXT);	// Get a handle to the clipboad contents
		if(hClip == NULL)
		{
			CloseClipboard();
			return FALSE;
		}
		pszClipboard = (char*)GlobalLock(hClip);	// Point pClipboard to the clipboard contents
		if(!pszClipboard)
		{
			GlobalUnlock(hClip);
			return FALSE;
		}
		strncpy(buff,pszClipboard,iBuffSize);		// Copy the contents to a local variable
		buff[iBuffSize-1] = 0;
		GlobalUnlock(hClip);	// Release the lock on the clipboard contents
		CloseClipboard();	// Close the clipboard.
	}
	else
	{
		return FALSE;
	}

	return TRUE;
}