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1/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
2// Name: clipbrd.h
3// Purpose: interface of wxClipboard
4// Author: wxWidgets team
5// RCS-ID: $Id$
6// Licence: wxWindows license
7/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
8
9/**
10 The backwards compatible access macro that returns the global clipboard
11 object pointer.
12*/
13#define wxTheClipboard
14
15/**
16 @class wxClipboard
17
18 A class for manipulating the clipboard.
19
20 To use the clipboard, you call member functions of the global
21 ::wxTheClipboard object.
22
23 See the @ref overview_dataobject for further information.
24
25 Call wxClipboard::Open() to get ownership of the clipboard. If this
26 operation returns @true, you now own the clipboard. Call
27 wxClipboard::SetData() to put data on the clipboard, or
28 wxClipboard::GetData() to retrieve data from the clipboard. Call
29 wxClipboard::Close() to close the clipboard and relinquish ownership. You
30 should keep the clipboard open only momentarily.
31
32 For example:
33
34 @code
35 // Write some text to the clipboard
36 if (wxTheClipboard->Open())
37 {
38 // This data objects are held by the clipboard,
39 // so do not delete them in the app.
40 wxTheClipboard->SetData( new wxTextDataObject("Some text") );
41 wxTheClipboard->Close();
42 }
43
44 // Read some text
45 if (wxTheClipboard->Open())
46 {
47 if (wxTheClipboard->IsSupported( wxDF_TEXT ))
48 {
49 wxTextDataObject data;
50 wxTheClipboard->GetData( data );
51 wxMessageBox( data.GetText() );
52 }
53 wxTheClipboard->Close();
54 }
55 @endcode
56
57 @library{wxcore}
58 @category{dnd}
59
60 @see @ref overview_dnd, @ref overview_dataobject, wxDataObject
61*/
62class wxClipboard : public wxObject
63{
64public:
65 /**
66 Default constructor.
67 */
68 wxClipboard();
69
70 /**
71 Destructor.
72 */
73 virtual ~wxClipboard();
74
75 /**
76 Call this function to add the data object to the clipboard. You may
77 call this function repeatedly after having cleared the clipboard using
78 Clear().
79
80 After this function has been called, the clipboard owns the data, so do
81 not delete the data explicitly.
82
83 @see SetData()
84 */
85 virtual bool AddData(wxDataObject* data);
86
87 /**
88 Clears the global clipboard object and the system's clipboard if
89 possible.
90 */
91 virtual void Clear();
92
93 /**
94 Call this function to close the clipboard, having opened it with
95 Open().
96 */
97 virtual void Close();
98
99 /**
100 Flushes the clipboard: this means that the data which is currently on
101 clipboard will stay available even after the application exits
102 (possibly eating memory), otherwise the clipboard will be emptied on
103 exit.
104
105 @return @false if the operation is unsuccessful for any reason.
106 */
107 virtual bool Flush();
108
109 /**
110 Call this function to fill @a data with data on the clipboard, if
111 available in the required format. Returns @true on success.
112 */
113 virtual bool GetData(wxDataObject& data);
114
115 /**
116 Returns @true if the clipboard has been opened.
117 */
118 virtual bool IsOpened() const;
119
120 /**
121 Returns @true if there is data which matches the data format of the
122 given data object currently @b available on the clipboard.
123
124 @todo The name of this function is misleading. This should be renamed
125 to something that more accurately indicates what it does.
126 */
127 virtual bool IsSupported(const wxDataFormat& format);
128
129 /**
130 Returns @true if we are using the primary selection, @false if
131 clipboard one.
132
133 @see UsePrimarySelection()
134 */
135 bool IsUsingPrimarySelection() const;
136
137 /**
138 Call this function to open the clipboard before calling SetData() and
139 GetData().
140
141 Call Close() when you have finished with the clipboard. You should keep
142 the clipboard open for only a very short time.
143
144 @return @true on success. This should be tested (as in the sample
145 shown above).
146 */
147 virtual bool Open();
148
149 /**
150 Call this function to set the data object to the clipboard. This
151 function will clear all previous contents in the clipboard, so calling
152 it several times does not make any sense.
153
154 After this function has been called, the clipboard owns the data, so do
155 not delete the data explicitly.
156
157 @see AddData()
158 */
159 virtual bool SetData(wxDataObject* data);
160
161 /**
162 On platforms supporting it (all X11-based ports), wxClipboard uses the
163 CLIPBOARD X11 selection by default. When this function is called with
164 @true, all subsequent clipboard operations will use PRIMARY selection
165 until this function is called again with @false.
166
167 On the other platforms, there is no PRIMARY selection and so all
168 clipboard operations will fail. This allows to implement the standard
169 X11 handling of the clipboard which consists in copying data to the
170 CLIPBOARD selection only when the user explicitly requests it (i.e. by
171 selecting the "Copy" menu command) but putting the currently selected
172 text into the PRIMARY selection automatically, without overwriting the
173 normal clipboard contents with the currently selected text on the other
174 platforms.
175 */
176 virtual void UsePrimarySelection(bool primary = false);
177};
178