Some basic clipboard functions

pywinauto/clipboard.py

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+import win32functions
+import win32defines
+
+import ctypes
+
+# get all the formats names keyed on the value
+all_formats = {}
+for x in win32defines.__dict__.keys():
+	if x.startswith("CF_"):
+		all_formats[getattr(win32defines, x)] = x
+
+
+#====================================================================
+def GetClipboardFormats():
+	if not win32functions.OpenClipboard(0):
+		raise "Couldn't open clipboard"
+
+	availableFormats = []
+	format = 0
+	while True:
+		# retrieve the next format
+		format = win32functions.EnumClipboardFormats(format)
+
+		# stop enumerating because all formats have been
+		# retrieved
+		if not format:
+			break
+
+		availableFormats.append(format)
+
+	win32functions.CloseClipboard()
+
+	return availableFormats
+
+
+#====================================================================
+def GetFormatName(format):
+	return all_formats[f]
+
+
+#====================================================================
+def GetData(format = win32defines.CF_UNICODETEXT):
+	if not win32functions.OpenClipboard(0):
+		raise "Couldn't open clipboard"
+
+	handle = win32functions.GetClipboardData(win32defines.CF_UNICODETEXT)
+	
+	buffer = ctypes.c_wchar_p(win32functions.GlobalLock(handle))
+	
+	data = buffer.value
+	
+	win32functions.GlobalUnlock(handle)
+	
+	return data
+	
+
+#====================================================================
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+	formats = GetClipboardFormats()
+	print formats
+	
+	print [GetFormatName(f) for f in formats]
+	
+	print repr(GetData())