Vcl.Clipbrd.SetClipboard

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Delphi

function SetClipboard(NewClipboard: TClipboard): TClipboard;

C++

extern DELPHI_PACKAGE TClipboard* __fastcall SetClipboard(TClipboard* NewClipboard);

Properties

Type	Visibility	Source	Unit	Parent
function	public	Vcl.Clipbrd.pas Vcl.Clipbrd.hpp	Vcl.Clipbrd	Vcl.Clipbrd

Description

Replaces the single global clipboard instance with another clipboard object.

Use SetClipboard to replace the global clipboard instance with a customized descendant of TClipboard. SetClipboard returns the currently instantiated clipboard, if any. After replacing the global clipboard instance using SetClipboard, an application must free the old clipboard that is returned.

See Also

• Clipboard

• Clipboard Support Routines