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2.1.1 Clipboard Formats

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Standard Clipboard Formats and Registered Clipboard Formats (see sections 1.3.5.1 and 1.7.1 for more details) are used to identify presentation data formats.

A standard clipboard format identifier is of type unsigned long.

A registered clipboard format is identified by a LengthPrefixedAnsiString (section 2.1.4) or a LengthPrefixedUnicodeString (section 2.1.5).

The Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Data Structures: Structure Specification defines the following standard clipboard format values to be used to identify presentation data formats:

 Name

 Value

 Presentation Data Format

CF_BITMAP

0x00000002

Bitmap16 Object structure (as specified in [MS-WMF] section 2.2.2.1)

CF_METAFILEPICT

0x00000003

Windows metafile (as specified in [MS-WMF] section 1.3.1)

CF_DIB

0x00000008

DeviceIndependentBitmap Object structure (as specified in [MS-WMF] section 2.2.2.9)

CF_ENHMETAFILE

0x0000000E

Enhanced Metafile (as specified in [MS-EMF] section 1.3.1)

In addition, an application or higher level protocol MAY supply registered clipboard formats (section 1.7.1) to identify custom presentation data formats.