Copy RTF Text to Clipboard

Based on How To Add Custom Table to the Clipboard to be Pasted into Word

MSDN: Windows Clipboard API

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TEXT TO lcRtf NOSHOW PRETEXT 15
{\rtf1\par 
\trowd \trgaph30\trleft-30\trrh262\cellx980\cellx1991\cellx3001
\intbl \qr \f0\fs20 \cf 1\cell \qr 2\cell\qr 3\cell \intbl \row
\trowd \trgaph30\trleft-30\trrh262\cellx980\cellx1991\cellx3001
\intbl \qr \f0\fs20 \cf 4\cell \qr 5\cell\qr 6\cell \intbl \row}
ENDTEXT

? CopyRtfText2Clipboard(lcRtf)
RETURN

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* Copy RTF text into Clipboard
FUNCTION CopyRtfText2Clipboard(tcRtfText)
LOCAL lnDataLen, lcDropFiles, llOk, i, lhMem, lnPtr, lcRtfText, lnRtfFormat

*  Global Memory Variables with Compile Time Constants
#DEFINE GMEM_MOVABLE 	0x0002
#DEFINE GMEM_ZEROINIT	0x0040
#DEFINE GMEM_SHARE	0x2000

* Load required Windows API functions
=LoadApiDlls()

llOk = .T.
lcRtfText = tcRtfText + CHR(0)
lnDataLen = LEN(lcRtfText)
* Copy text into the allocated memory
lhMem = GlobalAlloc(GMEM_MOVABLE+GMEM_ZEROINIT+GMEM_SHARE, lnDataLen+4)
lnPtr = GlobalLock(lhMem)
=CopyFromStr(lnPtr, @lcRtfText, lnDataLen)
=GlobalUnlock(lhMem)
* Open clipboard and store RTF text into it
llOk = (OpenClipboard(0) <> 0)
IF llOk
	=EmptyClipboard()
	lnRtfFormat = RegisterClipboardFormat("Rich Text Format")
	llOk = (SetClipboardData(lnRtfFormat, lhMem) <> 0)
	* If call to SetClipboardData() is successful, the system will take ownership of the memory
	*   otherwise we have to free it
	IF NOT llOk
		=GlobalFree(lhMem)
	ENDIF
	* Close clipboard
	=CloseClipboard()
ENDIF
RETURN llOk

FUNCTION LoadApiDlls
*  Clipboard Functions
DECLARE LONG OpenClipboard IN WIN32API LONG HWND
DECLARE LONG CloseClipboard IN WIN32API
DECLARE LONG EmptyClipboard IN WIN32API
DECLARE LONG SetClipboardData IN WIN32API LONG uFormat, LONG hMem
DECLARE LONG RegisterClipboardFormat IN WIN32API STRING lpszFormat

*  Memory Management Functions
DECLARE LONG GlobalAlloc IN WIN32API LONG wFlags, LONG dwBytes
DECLARE LONG GlobalFree IN WIN32API LONG HMEM
DECLARE LONG GlobalLock IN WIN32API LONG HMEM
DECLARE LONG GlobalUnlock IN WIN32API LONG HMEM
DECLARE LONG RtlMoveMemory IN WIN32API As CopyFromStr LONG lpDest, String @lpSrc, LONG iLen
RETURN

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