Using the Clipboard with Graphics

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You can use the Windows clipboard to copy and paste graphics within your applications or to exchange graphics with other applications. The VCL's clipboard object makes it easy to handle different kinds of information, including graphics.

Before you can use the clipboard object in your application, you must add the Clipbrd unit to the uses clause of any unit that needs to access clipboard data.

Topics

• Copying Graphics to the Clipboard
• Cutting Graphics to the Clipboard
• Pasting Graphics from the Clipboard

See Also

• Overview of Graphics Programming
• Using the Properties of the Canvas Object
• Using Canvas Methods to Draw Graphic Objects
• Handling Multiple Drawing Objects in Your Application
• Drawing On the Bitmap
• Loading and Saving Graphics Files
• Rubber Banding Example