WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME message

Applies to: desktop apps only

Sent to the clipboard owner by a clipboard viewer window to request the name of a CF_OWNERDISPLAY clipboard format.

A window receives this message through its WindowProc function.

#define WM_ASKCBFORMATNAME              0x030C

Parameters

wParam

The size, in characters, of the buffer pointed to by the lParam parameter.

lParam

A pointer to the buffer that is to receive the clipboard format name.

Return value

If an application processes this message, it should return zero.

Remarks

In response to this message, the clipboard owner should copy the name of the owner-display format to the specified buffer, not exceeding the buffer size specified by the wParam parameter.

A clipboard viewer window sends this message to the clipboard owner to determine the name of the CF_OWNERDISPLAY format — for example, to initialize a menu listing available formats.

Requirements

See also

Clipboard Overview

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Build date: 3/6/2012