Microsoft KB Archive/80747

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Supported File Types for Windows 3.1 Clipboard

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Q80747

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The information in this article applies to:


 * Microsoft Windows versions 3.1, 3.11

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SUMMARY
The Clipboard is the main data-exchange feature of Microsoft Windows. It is a common area for storing data handles through which applications can exchange formatted data. The Clipboard can hold a number of different data formats and corresponding data handles, all representing the same data, but in many different formats.

For example, a pie chart might be held in the Clipboard as both a metafile picture and a bitmap. An application receiving the pie chart from the Clipboard would have to choose which representation matched its requirements. In general, the format that provides the most information is the most desirable, as long as the application understands that format.

MORE INFORMATION
Windows provides several predefined data formats for use in data interchange. The following list describes the common formats:

  Format          Description --         ---

BITMAP         Specifies a device-dependent bitmap

DIB            Specifies a device-independent bitmap

DIF            Specifies that the data is in the Software Arts' data-interchange format (DIF)

METAFILEPICT   Specifies a metafile-picture structure

OEMTEXT        Specifies null-terminated text in the OEM character set

RIFF           Specifies that the data is in any resource interchange file (RIFF) format.

SYLK           Specifies that the data is in the Microsoft symbolic link (SYLK) format.

TEXT           Specifies null-terminated text

Windows supports two formats for text: TEXT and OEMTEXT. TEXT is the default Windows Clipboard text format. OEMTEXT is used by Windows for text within non-Windows-based applications.

TIFF           Specifies that the data is in the tag image file format (TIFF).

WAVE           Specifies that the data is a RIFF waveform file with form type WAVE. NOTE: Clipboard data objects can be any size. The size of memory allocated for Clipboard usage is determined by the application copying to the Clipboard and the application receiving data from the Clipboard. You may receive an application error message if your application does not allocate sufficient memory.

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