hey. i have bin programming with c++ for quite some time. I know the basics like syntax, funtions etc.... Now i want to know how i can make a program copy some text to the windows clipboard.. i've tried googling for it but i always end up with nothing.. I would think i have to use API's and stuff wich i dont know ANYTHING about. neither do i know anything about MFC. So if anyone are willing to help it would be very nice. The program i want to make is kind of like a keygen. but i want it to copy the link to the clipboard so that i can just open it and then paste it... without the hassle of [CTRL+C]. I know its not that cool or anything... and that its quite unusable but i think its a good way to learn more. So please help!

I know MFC would probably let you write a program to set a hot button so that when you press it it copy's the text. But MFC is really confusing, especialy if you dont know about OOP and havnt been working in c++ for roughly 6 months ish. BUT anything is posible :). If you choose to learn MFC I suggest the book Programming Windows with MFC by Jeff Prosise. But im sure theres another way to accomplish your task without the use of MFC. GIMPS

im sure about that too :) but thanks for clearing it up that its possible with mfc :D and i dont know much about oop. i'm reading: c++ how to program by deitel & deitel. have read about 300 pages but still nothing about mfc or oop.

Using the clipboard at the lowest level is very difficult... http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/winui/winui/windowsuserinterface/dataexchange/clipboard.asp I'm sure there are libraries out there to do it for you; for instance, MFC probably does some stuff for you..I don't use it, so I wouldn't know - I just ask gimps ;P -- otherwise, you could look one up online Hope that helps! BlueRaja.admin@gmail.com

Here is a tutorial: //http://netez.com/2xExplorer/shellFAQ/adv_clip.html Here is a MFC example using these functions from tutorial: BOOL SetClipboardText(LPCTSTR pszText) int GetClipboardText(LPTSTR pszBuf, int nLength) 1. Create 2 push button controls IDC_PUT; // push button control IDC_GET; // push button control 2. Create 3 edit box controls IDC_EDIT_PUT; // edit box control IDC_EDIT_GET; // edit box control IDC_EDIT_STATUS; // edit box control 3. Create 3 Member Variables for edit box controls CString m_get; // string associated with IDC_EDIT_GET edit box CString m_put; // string associated with IDC_EDIT_PUT edit box CString m_status; // string associated with IDC_EDIT_STATUS edit box 4. Test the program a. Type text into IDC_EDIT_PUT edit box b. Click on IDC_PUT push button c. Status appears in IDC_EDIT_STATUS edit box d. Click on IDC_GET push button e. Status appears in IDC_EDIT_STATUS edit box f. Text from clipboard appears in IDC_EDIT_GET edit box // Function for clicking on IDC_PUT push button void CTestClipboardDlg::OnPut() { BOOL success; UpdateData(TRUE); success = SetClipboardText(LPCTSTR(m_put)); if (success) m_status = "Put Success"; else m_status = "Put Failure"; UpdateData(FALSE); } // Function for clicking on IDC_GET push button void CTestClipboardDlg::OnGet() { int result; char buf[80]; int len = 80; result = GetClipboardText(buf, len); if (result>0) { m_status = "Get Success"; m_get = CString(buf); } else m_status = "Get Failure"; UpdateData(FALSE); }

thank you all! helped alot. Gonna try mess with the proggie in the weekend :D again, thanks for the help!