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<package name="lcl">
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Clipbrd
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<module name="Clipbrd">
<short>
Definitions for the Clipboard to hold Cut or Copied data for Pasting.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<file>clipbrd.pp</file> contains classes, types, and routines used to 
implement TClipboard. TClipboard encapsulates the system clipboard for 
supported platforms. <file>clipbrd.pp</file> is part of the Lazarus Component 
Library (<b>LCL</b>).
</p>
</descr>

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<element name="UTF8BIDI"/>
<element name="Windows"/>
<element name="Classes"/>
<element name="SysUtils"/>

<element name="CF_Text">
<short>Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for plain text.</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_Text.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="CF_Bitmap">
<short>Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for bitmap images.</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_Bitmap.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="CF_Picture">
<short>
Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for the LCL Picture type.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_Picture.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="CF_MetaFilePict">
<short>
Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for the LCL Meta-File Picture type.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_MetaFilePict.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="CF_Object">
<short>
Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for the LCL Object type.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_Object.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="CF_Component">
<short>
Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for the LCL Component type.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_Component.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="CF_HTML">
<short>Gets the pre-defined clipboard format used for HTML content.</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="CF_HTML.Result">
<short>
TClipboardFormat value registered for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboardData">
<short>
Record type with the format identifier and data for cached clipboard content.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboardData.FormatID">
<short>Clipboard format identifier.</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboardData.Stream">
<short>
Stream with the content stored for the associated clipboard format.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard">
<short>
Represents the clipboard on platforms supported for the LCL.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>TClipboard</var> is an area used to hold information that has been cut or 
copied, and is available for pasting.
</p>
<p>
The clipboard object encapsulates the Windows clipboard as well as the three 
standard Gtk selections. For each of the three clipboards/selections there is 
an object: <link id="PrimarySelection">PrimarySelection</link>, <link 
id="SecondarySelection">SecondarySelection</link> and <link 
id="Clipboard">Clipboard</link>. There is no difference between the three 
objects except their type.
</p>
<p>
A lot of information about Clipboard Formats, including predefined formats 
for Delphi/Kylix compatibility, is found in the LCLType unit, at <link 
id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>, <link 
id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardType">TClipboardType</link>, <link 
id="#lcl.lcltype.ClipboardTypeName">ClipboardTypeName</link>, <link 
id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>, 
<link 
id="#lcl.lcltype.PredefinedClipboardMimeTypes">PredefinedClipboardMimeTypes</link>
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>,
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardType">TClipboardType</link>,
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.ClipboardTypeName">ClipboardTypeName</link>,
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TPredefinedClipboardFormat">TPredefinedClipboardFormat</link>,
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.PredefinedClipboardMimeTypes">PredefinedClipboardMimeTypes</link>
</seealso>
</element>

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<element name="TClipboard.FAllocated"/>
<element name="TClipboard.FClipboardType"/>
<element name="TClipboard.FCount"/>
<element name="TClipboard.FData"/>
<element name="TClipboard.FSupportedFormatsChanged"/>
<element name="TClipboard.FOnRequest"/>
<element name="TClipboard.FOpenRefCount"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignGraphic"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignGraphic.Source"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignGraphic.FormatID"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignPicture"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignPicture.Source"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignToGraphic"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignToGraphic.Result"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignToGraphic.FormatID"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignToGraphic.Dest"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignToPicture"/>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignToPicture.Dest"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetAsText"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetAsText.Result"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormatCount"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormatCount.Result"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormats"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormats.Result"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormats.Index"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetOwnerShip"/>
<element name="TClipboard.GetOwnerShip.Result"/>
<element name="TClipboard.IndexOfCachedFormatID"/>
<element name="TClipboard.IndexOfCachedFormatID.Result"/>
<element name="TClipboard.IndexOfCachedFormatID.FormatID"/>
<element name="TClipboard.IndexOfCachedFormatID.CreateIfNotExists"/>
<element name="TClipboard.InternalOnRequest"/>
<element name="TClipboard.InternalOnRequest.RequestedFormatID"/>
<element name="TClipboard.InternalOnRequest.AStream"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetAsText"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetAsText.Value"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetBuffer"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetBuffer.FormatID"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetBuffer.Buffer"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetBuffer.Size"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetOnRequest"/>
<element name="TClipboard.SetOnRequest.AnOnRequest"/>

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<element name="TClipboard.AddFormat">
<short>Acquires ownership of the Clipboard and adds a format.</short>
<descr>
<p>
If not already done, this function acquires ownership of the clipboard. 
Acquiring ownership clears the clipboard. If the format already exists, it 
replaces the old content. Otherwise, it is added. The format CF_TEXT is 
handled by the private AsText and SetTextBuf.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.AddFormat.Result">
<short><b>True</b> if format added correctly.</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.AddFormat.FormatID">
<short>
Clipboard format identifier (TClipboardFormat) updated in the method.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.AddFormat.Stream">
<short>
TStream instance with the content for the specified clipboard format.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.AddFormat.Buffer">
<short>
Untyped, updatable buffer with the content stored for the clipboard format.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.AddFormat.Size">
<short>
Number of bytes in Buffer stored in the method.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Assign">
<short>
Copies properties from the specified persistent object to the clipboard.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>Assign</var> is an overridden method in <var>TClipboard</var> used to 
copy properties from the persistent object in <var>Source</var> to the 
clipboard instance. It provides support for using <var>TPicture</var> and 
<var>TGraphic</var> types in Source, and calls private methods used to copy 
the properties specific to the class types. If Source is not one of these 
class types, the inherited method is called.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="#rtl.classes.TPersistent.Assign">TPersistent.Assign</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.Assign.Source">
<short>
Persistent object with the property values copied in the method.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.AssignTo">
<short>Copies property values into the specified persistent object.</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#rtl.classes.TPersistent">TPersistent</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.AssignTo.Dest">
<short>
Persistent object where the properties in the class instance are stored.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Clear">
<short>
Clears the content in the clipboard.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
No actions are performed in the method if nothing has been stored in the cached 
clipboard data.
</p>
<p>
If the internal cache has format identifiers and data, each TClipboardData 
instance is visited to free the TStream with its content. On completion, the 
cache is freed and <b>Nil</b>'d and the number of cached clipboard formats is 
reset to 0 (zero).
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipboard.Formats"/>
<link id="TClipboard.FormatCount"/>
<link id="TClipboardData"/>
</seealso>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Close">
<short>Closes down the clipboard.</short>
<descr>
<p>
Calls the EndUpdate method for the clipboard instance.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Create">
<short>
Constructor for the class instance.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>Create</var> is the overloaded constructor for the class instance.
</p>
<p>
There is a parameterless variant that reimplements the method from TPersistent 
to use the ctClipboard type. A variant which includes the AClipboardType 
argument is available; the argument value is stored in the ClipboardType 
property for the class instance. It allows creation of clipboard instances used 
on the GTK platform.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipboard.ClipboardType"/>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardType">TClipboardType</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.Create.AClipboardType">
<short>
Specified the type of clipboard to be created (normal, primary, or secondary).
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Destroy">
<short>Destructor for the class instance.</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>Destroy</var> is the overridden destructor for the class instance. It 
frees resources allocated in the class instance, and calls the inherited 
destructor prior to exiting from the method.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.FindPictureFormatID">
<short>
Gets the first format ID that is a graphic format supported in TPicture.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.graphics.TPicture">TPicture</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.FindPictureFormatID.Result">
<short>Returns a Clipboard format which supports graphic content.</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.FindFormatID">
<short>
Gets the clipboard format which used the specified name (MIME type).
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Used to implement the HasFormatName method, and when assigning the clipboard 
content to a TGraphic instance.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipboard.HasFormatName"/>
<link id="#lcl.graphics.TGraphic">TGraphic</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.FindFormatID.Result">
<short>
Clipboard format with the specified name (MIME type), or 0 (for the Text 
format) when not found.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.FindFormatID.FormatName">
<short>
Name (MIME type) for the clipboard format to locate in the supported Formats.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.GetComponent">
<short>
Gets a TComponent instance with the specified owner and parent from the 
clipboard.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>GetComponent</var> is an overloaded method in TClipboard used to read a 
TComponent instance that was previously stored to the clipboard.
</p>
<p>
GetComponent allocates a temporary TMemoryStream which is used to read the 
content stored to a pcfComponent clipboard format (when found). The 
OnFindComponentClass argument is called to retrieve the class type needed to 
re-create the TComponent instance. The ReadComponentFromBinaryStream routine 
(in LResources) is called to create the component in the return value using the 
arguments to the method.
</p>
<p>
The return value is <b>Nil</b> if there is no component on the clipboard with 
the <var>Owner</var> and <var>Parent</var> specified in the arguments to the 
method.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="#lcl.lresources.ReadComponentFromBinaryStream">ReadComponentFromBinaryStream</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponent.Result">
<short>
TComponent instance created from the clipboard data, or <b>Nil</b> when not 
found.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponent.Owner">
<short>
TComponent instance which owns the component on the clipboard.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponent.Parent">
<short>
TComponent instance which is the parent for the component on the clipboard.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.GetComponentAsText">
<short>
Loads a component instance from a textual representation stored in the 
clipboard.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>GetComponentAsText</var> creates a temporary TMemoryStream used to load 
the pcfText clipboard content returned by AsText. ReadComponentFromTextStream 
(in <file>lresources.pp</file>) is called to get the component class reference 
needed to instantiate and load the component in RootComponent. <var>Owner</var> 
and <var>Parent</var> contain the values stored to the corresponding properties 
in the newly created component instance.
</p>
<p>
Use GetComponent to create and load a component instance from a pcfComponent 
format stored in the clipboard.
</p>
<p>
Use SetComponentAsText and SetComponent to store a component instance to the 
clipboard using with the pcfText or pcfComponent format.
</p>
<p>
Use SupportedFormats to determine which storage formats are supported in the 
clipboard.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipboard.AsText"/>
<link id="TClipboard.SupportedFormats"/>
<link id="TClipboard.SetComponent"/>
<link id="TClipboard.SetComponentAsText"/>
<link id="#lcl.lresources.ReadComponentFromTextStream">ReadComponentFromTextStream</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponentAsText.RootComponent">
<short>
Variable argument where the component loaded from the clipboard is stored.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponentAsText.OnFindComponentClass">
<short>
Routine used to the locate the component class reference need to create a new 
component instance.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponentAsText.Owner">
<short>
Owner of the newly created component instance.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetComponentAsText.Parent">
<short>
Parent for the newly created component instance.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.GetFormat">
<short>
Gets the data for the specified clipboard format from the LCL interface or 
cached clipboard data.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>GetFormat</var> is a <var>Boolean</var> function used to retrieve 
clipboard data for the specified format into the specified stream. It uses 
cached clipboard data when available, or calls ClipboardGetData in the LCL 
interface to retrieve the data for the ClipboardType.
</p>
<p>
The return value is <b>True</b> for the following conditions:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Cached data is available and an assigned OnRequest handler was signalled to get 
the data for the specified format identifier.
</li>
<li>
Cached data is available and used to load the content in the Stream argument.
</li>
<li>
ClipboardGetData indicates that data has been returned in Stream from the LCL 
interface.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
GetFormat is used in the implementation of methods like GetComponent, 
GetTextBuf, and GetAsHtml. It is also called when reading the value for the 
AsText property.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipboard.AsText"/>
<link id="TClipboard.GetComponent"/>
<link id="TClipboard.GetTextBuf"/>
<link id="TClipboard.GetAsHtml"/>
<link id="TClipboard.Formats"/>
<link id="TClipboard.OnRequest"/>
<link id="TClipboardFormat"/>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormat.Result">
<short>
Returns <b>True</b> if data for the format is available, or <b>False</b> when 
not found.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormat.FormatID">
<short>
Format ID for the requested clipboard data.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetFormat.Stream">
<short>
TStream instance where the data for the format is stored.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SupportedFormats">
<short>
Gets the list of supported formats for the clipboard.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>SupportedFormats</var> is an overloaded method in <var>TClipboard</var>. 
One variant accepts a TStrings argument where the MIME types for the supported 
clipboard formats is stored. The other variant provides updatable variable 
arguments which contain the number of supported formats and a pointer to a list 
of the supported TClipboardFormat instances.
</p>
<p>
Both versions use cached data when available, or call ClipboardGetFormats 
in the LCL interface to retrieve the supported clipboard formats.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SupportedFormats.List">
<short>
TStrings instance with the MIME types for the supported clipboard formats.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SupportedFormats.AFormatCount">
<short>
Returns the number of TClipboardFormat instances in FormatList.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SupportedFormats.FormatList">
<short>
Pointer to a block of TClipboardFormat instances with the supported clipboard 
formats.  
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.GetTextBuf">
<short>
Reads text from the clipboard and returns the content and number of characters.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>GetTextBuf</var> is method used to retrieve text stored in the clipboard 
and store it in the <var>Buffer</var> argument. Buffer cannot be <b>Nil</b>, 
and must be large enough to store the number of characters requested in the 
<var>BufSize</var> argument.
</p>
<p>
No actions are performed in the method if Buffer is unassigned or BufSize is 
set to 0.
</p>
<p>
GetTextBuf use a temporary TMemoryStream instance to load the content from the 
text clipboard format, and to store the content to the specified buffer. Buffer 
is terminated with a #0 (NUL) character to indicate the end of the data in the 
buffer.
</p>
<p>
The return value is set to the number characters read from the buffer, or the 
number of characters available for the clipboard format when it differs from 
the requested size. It is set to 0 (zero) if no data was available on the 
clipboard.
</p>
<p>
Use the AsText property to retrieve the clipboard content as a String value.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetTextBuf.Result">
<short>
Number of characters stored in the Buffer argument in the method.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetTextBuf.Buffer">
<short>
Pointer to the buffer where the text read from the clipboard is stored.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetTextBuf.BufSize">
<short>
Number of characters requested from the clipboard.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.HasFormat">
<short>
Determines whether the specified clipboard format is supported for the 
clipboard.
</short>
<descr/>
<p>
If a format for graphics is specified, all graphic formats supported in 
TPicture are searched.
</p>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.HasFormat.Result">
<short>
<b>True</b> if the requested format is supported.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.HasFormat.FormatID">
<short>
TClipboardFormat requested in the method.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.HasFormatName">
<short>
Indicates whether a clipboard format exists with the specified name (MIME type).
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Calls FindFormatID to get a TClipBoardFormat using the specified MIME type in 
FormatName. Returns True if a clipboard format for the name specified in 
FormatName exists in the supported formats for the clipboard.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.HasFormatName.Result">
<short>
<b>True</b> if the named format is found.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.HasFormatName.FormatName">
<short>
Name for the clipboard format (MIME type) requested3 in the method.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.HasPictureFormat">
<short>
Indicates whether a clipboard format for graphical data is present in the 
supported formats.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.HasPictureFormat.Result">
<short>
Returns <b>True</b> if a clipboard format supported in TPicture is found.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Open">
<short>
<var>Open</var> the clipboard to receive and transmit data.</short>
<descr>
<p>
Used along with Close to control reading and writing to / from the LCL 
interface. If Open has been called, the clipboard will not read from or write 
to the LCL interface. Instead it will collect all changes until Close is called.
It will then try to commit all changes as one block.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SetComponent">
<short>
Writes the specified component to the storage for the Clipboard format.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
Clears any existing data stored in the component clipboard format before 
storing the binary content in the Component argument. Calls BeginUpdate and 
EndUpdate to perform the operation as a single write.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetComponent.Component">
<short>
Component stored in the clipboard.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SetComponentAsText">
<short>Stores the specified Component in the clipboard.</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>SetComponentAsText</var> is a <var>Boolean</var> function used to store 
the specified <var>Component</var> to the <var>TClipboard</var> instance.
</p>
<p>
SetComponentAsText calls the <var>WriteComponentAsTextToStream</var> routine 
in the <file>lresources.pp</file> unit to store Component to a 
<var>TMemoryStream</var>. The String value in the stream is assigned to the 
<var>AsText</var> property to store the value in the clipboard.
</p>
<p>
SetComponentAsText calls BeginUpdate prior to storing the component to the 
clipboard, and EndUpdate when the operation has been completed. The return 
value for the method is the value returned from EndUpdate.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipBoard.AsText"/>
<link id="#lcl.lresources.WriteComponentAsTextToStream">WriteComponentAsTextToStream</link>
<link id="#rtl.classes.TMemoryStream">TMemoryStream</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetComponentAsText.Component">
<short>Component instance stored to the clipboard in the method.</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetComponentAsText.Result">
<short>
<b>True</b> when no other updates are pending for the clipboard, and its 
ownership has not changed.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SetFormat">
<short>
Sets the clipboard format to the specified identifier and copies the value in 
Stream.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>SetFormat</var> is a <var>Boolean</var> function used to select the 
clipboard format for the format identifier in <var>FormatID</var>, and load 
the content in <var>Stream</var>. It calls <var>AddFormat</var> to select the 
supported format in FormatID, and to cache values in Stream to its 
<var>TClipboardData</var> record instance.
</p>
<p>
SetFormat calls <var>BeginUpdate</var> prior to activating the format and 
loading its value. It calls <var>EndUpdate</var> when the operation has been 
completed. The value from EndUpdate is used as the return value for the 
method.
</p>
<p>
SetFormat is called when <var>TGraphic</var> or <var>TPicture</var> class 
instances are loaded to the clipboard in the <var>Assign</var> method.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="TClipBoard.AddFormat"/>
<link id="TClipBoard.Assign"/>
<link id="#lcl.lcltype.TClipboardFormat">TClipboardFormat</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetFormat.FormatID">
<short>Format identifier needed for the specified stream.</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetFormat.Stream">
<short>Stream with the content loaded in the method.</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SetSupportedFormats">
<short>
Sets all supported clipboard formats at once.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>SetSupportedFormats</var> sets all supported formats at once All data 
will be empty. This procedure is useful if setting the <var>OnRequest</var> 
event to put the data on the fly.
</p>
<p>
Example: Using the PrimarySelection from synedit.pp.
</p>
<code>
procedure TCustomSynEdit.AcquirePrimarySelection;
var
  FormatList: TClipboardFormat;
begin
  if (not SelAvail)
   or (PrimarySelection.OnRequest=@PrimarySelectionRequest) then exit;
  FormatList:=CF_TEXT;
  PrimarySelection.SetSupportedFormats(1,@FormatList);
  PrimarySelection.OnRequest:=@PrimarySelectionRequest;
end;
</code>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetSupportedFormats.AFormatCount">
<short>
Number of clipboard formats in the FormatList argument.
</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetSupportedFormats.FormatList">
<short>
Pointer to the list of TClipboardFormat instances stored in the method.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SetTextBuf">
<short>
Loads the clipboard buffer using the text in the specified PChar value.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>SetTextBuf</var> is a method used to load the text specified in 
<var>Buffer</var> into the clipboard. Buffer is a <var>PChar</var> type, and 
when not assigned (<b>Nil</b>), is set to <b>#0</b> in the method. Its value 
is loaded in the <var>TClipboardData</var> instances used for the text 
clipboard format.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso>
<link id="#rtl.system.SetTextBuf">SetTextBuf</link>
</seealso>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetTextBuf.Buffer">
<short>PChar value loaded into the clipboard.</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.AsText">
<short>
Text stored in the clipboard.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>AsText</var> is a <var>String</var> property with the textual data stored 
on the clipboard. The property value is read from an existing pcfText clipboard 
format. The return value is an empty string ('') if a clipboard format is not 
found for the MIME text type.
</p>
<p>
Changing the value for the property causes an assigned OnRequest handler to be 
signalled to perform the update. If OnRequest is not assigned, the Clear method 
to be called to clear all formats and the data is stored on the clipboard using 
the pcfText clipboard format.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.SetAsHtml">
<short>Puts a HTML string on the clipboard.</short>
<descr>
<p>
Puts a HTML string on the clipboard. On Windows it will automatically insert 
a ClipBoard Header. The procedure can also (optionally) set a provided 
plaintext representation of HTML on the ClipBoard.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetAsHtml.HTML">
<short>The HTML string that shall be put on the ClipBoard.</short>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.SetAsHtml.PlainText">
<short>Optional plain text (string) representation of the HTML.</short>
<descr>
<p>
The optional string parameter PlainText is meant to be a plain text 
representation of the HTML string. The user is responsible for the contents 
of this variable. The value of PlainText can later be retrieved via the <link 
id="#TClipBoard.AsText">AsText</link> property. If PlainText is an empty 
string, no plain text is added to the ClipBoard, nor is the current plain 
text content of the ClipBoard cleared.
</p>
</descr>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.GetAsHtml">
<short>Retrieves the HTML content of the clipboard (if available).</short>
<descr>
<p>
Retrieves the HTML content of the clipboard (if available). On Windows it 
will automatically remove the clipboard header that Windows inserts. The 
resulting HTML string will be UTF-8 encoded.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.GetAsHtml.Result">
<short>
The HTML content of the clipboard as a string. Empty string if the function 
fails.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.ClipboardType">
<short>
Contains the clipboard type for the platform.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>ClipboardType</var> is a <var>TClipboardType</var> property which contains 
the clipboard type requested in the Create constructor. Some platforms, like 
GTK, support more than one clipboard; e. g. normal, primary selection, or 
secondary selection clipboard.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.FormatCount">
<short>
Contains the number of clipboard formats supported for the class instance.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>FormatCount</var> is a read-only <var>Integer</var> property with the 
number of TClipboardFormat instances found in the cache or returned from the 
LCL interface. Calls ClipboardGetFormats to read the supported formats from the 
LCL interface.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.Formats">
<short>
Contains the clipboard formats currently in use for the class instance.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>Formats</var> is an indexed read-only TClipBoardFormat property which 
returns the formats being used in the current clipboard.
</p>
<p>
You can read the formats with this property one by one. But this will result 
in many requests, which can be very slow (especially on terminals).
</p>
<p>
Better to use the SupportedFormats method.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="TClipboard.Formats.Index">
<short>
Ordinal position for the supported clipboard format requested.
</short>
</element>

<element name="TClipboard.OnRequest">
<short>
<var>OnRequest</var> - event handler for a request for clipboard data.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
<var>OnRequest</var> - event handler for a request for clipboard data.
</p>
<p>
If the clipboard has the ownership, this event will be called each time data 
are requested from the clipboard by the application or another application.
</p>
<p>There is one special case:</p>
<p>
If the clipboard loses ownership the <var>OnRequest</var> event will be 
called with FormatID=0. This event will be erased on lost of ownership.
</p>
<p>
If the <var>OnRequest</var> event was already set before, the prior method 
will be called with FormatID=0 to be notified of the loss.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="PrimarySelection">
<short>
<var>PrimarySelection</var> - the first selection if multiple clipboards 
exist.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
The PrimarySelection is available on platforms like X. Normally when the user 
selects some text with the mouse the primary selection is set and when the 
user clicks the middle mouse button the text is copied to the mouse position. 
On platforms without multiple clipboards, the PrimarySelection still works in 
the LCL application, but does not communicate with other applications.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="PrimarySelection.Result">
<short>Returns a variable of type TClipboard.</short>
</element>

<element name="SecondarySelection">
<short>
<var>SecondarySelection</var> - the second selection if multiple clipboards 
exist.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
The SecondarySelection is available on platforms like X. See PrimarySelection 
for more details. There is no standard how to use the secondary selection, so 
it is free to use. X supports a dozen more selections, but they are not 
supported by the LCL.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="SecondarySelection.Result">
<short>Returns a variable of type TClipboard.</short>
</element>

<element name="Clipboard">
<short>
<var>Clipboard</var> the function called to access the clipboard with an 
optional type specifier.
</short>
<descr>
<p>
The Clipboard is available on most platforms and normally used by Copy/Paste.
</p>
</descr>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="Clipboard.Result">
<short>Returns a variable of type TClipboard.</short>
</element>
<element name="Clipboard.ClipboardType">
<short>
<var>ClipboardType</var> - optional argument to specify type of clipboard.
</short>
</element>

<element name="SetClipboard">
<short>
<var>SetClipboard</var> - sets up and returns a <var>NewClipboard</var>, with 
an optional type specifier.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="SetClipboard.Result">
<short>Returns a variable of type TClipboard.</short>
</element>
<element name="SetClipboard.ClipboardType">
<short>
<var>ClipboardType</var> - optional argument to specify type of 
clipboard.</short>
</element>
<element name="SetClipboard.NewClipboard">
<short>
<var>NewClipboard</var> - the new clipboard to be set up.
</short>
</element>

<element name="FreeAllClipboards">
<short>
<var>FreeAllClipboards</var> - frees all existing clipboards, releasing their 
resources.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>

<element name="RegisterClipboardFormat">
<short>
<var>RegisterClipboardFormat</var> add the supplied format name to the 
register of clipboard formats.
</short>
<descr/>
<seealso/>
</element>
<element name="RegisterClipboardFormat.Result">
<short>Returns the registered clipboard format.</short>
</element>
<element name="RegisterClipboardFormat.Format">
<short>The name of the required format as a string.</short>
</element>

</module>
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</package>
</fpdoc-descriptions>
