def GetData(format=win32defines.CF_UNICODETEXT):
"Return the data from the clipboard in the requested format"
if format not in GetClipboardFormats():
raise RuntimeError("That format is not available")
if not win32functions.OpenClipboard(0):
raise WinError()
handle = win32functions.GetClipboardData(format)
if not handle:
error = ctypes.WinError()
win32functions.CloseClipboard()
raise error
buffer_ = ctypes.c_wchar_p(win32functions.GlobalLock(handle))
data = buffer_.value
win32functions.GlobalUnlock(handle)
win32functions.CloseClipboard()
return data
def GetClipboardFormats():
"Get a list of the formats currently in the clipboard"
if not win32functions.OpenClipboard(0):
raise WinError()
available_formats = []
format = 0
while True:
# retrieve the next format
format = win32functions.EnumClipboardFormats(format)
# stop enumerating because all formats have been
# retrieved
if not format:
break
available_formats.append(format)
win32functions.CloseClipboard()
return available_formats
def GetFormatName(format):
"Get the string name for a format value"
# standard formats should not be passed to GetClipboardFormatName
if format in _standard_formats:
return _standard_formats[format]
if not win32functions.OpenClipboard(0):
raise WinError()
max_size = 500
buffer_ = ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(max_size + 1)
ret = win32functions.GetClipboardFormatName(format, ctypes.byref(buffer_),
max_size)
if not ret:
raise RuntimeError("test")
win32functions.CloseClipboard()
return buffer_.value
def EmptyClipboard():
if not win32functions.OpenClipboard(0):
raise RuntimeError("Couldn't open clipboard")
win32functions.EmptyClipboard()
win32functions.CloseClipboard()